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The world atlas of pirates : treasures and treachery on the seven seas, in maps, tall tales, and pictures, Angus Konstam
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- Summary
- "The World Atlas of Pirates takes a whole new look at the story of piracy. Combining stunning cartography with engaging and authoratative text, it cuts away at the myths to reveal the world of "real" pirates--whose stories, wile every bit as colorful and compelling as those of their counterparts from legends and Hollywood, may not be quite so romantic"--Cover, p. 2
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Lyons Press edition
- Extent
- 247 pages
- Note
- Includes index
- Contents
-
- What's in a name?
- Piracy in the ancient world. The sea peoples ; Pirates of ancient Greece ; Pompey, Caesar, and the Cilician pirates
- Medieval sea rovers. The fury of the Norsemen ; Pirates of Medieval Britain ; The lords of the Mediterranean ; Stortebeker and the Baltic pirates
- The Barbary pirates. The rise of the Muslim corsairs ; The Barbary Coast ; The Barbarossa brothers ; Murat Rais ; The last of the Barbary pirates
- The Spanish Main. Spain's overseas empire ; The treasure fleets ; The Spanish galleon
- The sea dogs. The first interlopers ; John Hawkins ; Drake's raid ; Drake's raid into the Pacific ; Drake's great expedition ; Drake's last voyage
- The buccaneers. The coming of the Dutch ; The buccaneers of Hispaniola ; Tortuga and the brethren of the coast ; Francois L'Olonnais ; Port Royal ; Henry Morgan ; Buccaneers of the Pacific ; The French filibusters
- The pirate round. The appeal of the Indian Ocean ; Thomas Tew ; Henry Every ; Captain Kidd ; Edward England ; Madagascar
- The Golden Age : New Providence. The Golden Age ; New Providence ; Woodes Rogers ; Charles Vane ; "Calico Jack" and the women pirates ; Pirate flags
- The golden Age : the Atlantic seaboard. Blackbeard, the most notorious pirate of them all ; Stede Bonnet, the gentleman pirate ; Sam Bellamy and the Whydah ; George Lowther and Edward Low ; Pirate ships
- The Golden Age : the great voyage. Howell Davis ; Bartholomew Roberts ; Walter Kennedy and the pirate lords ; The pirate code
- The privateers. The business of privateering ; America's rebel privateers ; John Paul Jones ; The French privateers ; Robert Surcouf : King of the Corsairs ; The privateers of 1812 ; The last of the privateers
- The last of the pirates. Jean Lafitte ; Benito de Soto and "Don" Pedro ; David Porter : pirate hunter
- Pirates in eastern seas. Piracy in the Far East ; Kuo Hsing Yeh ; The great pirate confederation ; Shap-;ng-Tsai ; The Chinese pirate junk ; The Indonesian pirates ; The White Rajah ; Sending a gunboat
- Piracy today. The new pirates ; Hotspot : Eastern waters ; Hotspot : Somalia ; Hotspot : West Africa ; Hotspot : Latin America
- Piracy : fact versus ficion. Truth and myth ; The pirates of fiction ; Captain Hook and pirates of the stage ; The pirates of Hollywood ; The Jack Sparrow phenomenon ; Pirate perceptions ; The pirate legacy
- Isbn
- 9781599214740
- Label
- The world atlas of pirates : treasures and treachery on the seven seas, in maps, tall tales, and pictures
- Title
- The world atlas of pirates
- Title remainder
- treasures and treachery on the seven seas, in maps, tall tales, and pictures
- Statement of responsibility
- Angus Konstam
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The World Atlas of Pirates takes a whole new look at the story of piracy. Combining stunning cartography with engaging and authoratative text, it cuts away at the myths to reveal the world of "real" pirates--whose stories, wile every bit as colorful and compelling as those of their counterparts from legends and Hollywood, may not be quite so romantic"--Cover, p. 2
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Konstam, Angus
- Dewey number
-
- 364.164
- 910.45
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- portraits
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- G535
- LC item number
- .W55 2009
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Buccaneers
- Pirates
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The world atlas of pirates : treasures and treachery on the seven seas, in maps, tall tales, and pictures, Angus Konstam
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- What's in a name? -- Piracy in the ancient world. The sea peoples ; Pirates of ancient Greece ; Pompey, Caesar, and the Cilician pirates -- Medieval sea rovers. The fury of the Norsemen ; Pirates of Medieval Britain ; The lords of the Mediterranean ; Stortebeker and the Baltic pirates -- The Barbary pirates. The rise of the Muslim corsairs ; The Barbary Coast ; The Barbarossa brothers ; Murat Rais ; The last of the Barbary pirates -- The Spanish Main. Spain's overseas empire ; The treasure fleets ; The Spanish galleon -- The sea dogs. The first interlopers ; John Hawkins ; Drake's raid ; Drake's raid into the Pacific ; Drake's great expedition ; Drake's last voyage -- The buccaneers. The coming of the Dutch ; The buccaneers of Hispaniola ; Tortuga and the brethren of the coast ; Francois L'Olonnais ; Port Royal ; Henry Morgan ; Buccaneers of the Pacific ; The French filibusters -- The pirate round. The appeal of the Indian Ocean ; Thomas Tew ; Henry Every ; Captain Kidd ; Edward England ; Madagascar -- The Golden Age : New Providence. The Golden Age ; New Providence ; Woodes Rogers ; Charles Vane ; "Calico Jack" and the women pirates ; Pirate flags -- The golden Age : the Atlantic seaboard. Blackbeard, the most notorious pirate of them all ; Stede Bonnet, the gentleman pirate ; Sam Bellamy and the Whydah ; George Lowther and Edward Low ; Pirate ships -- The Golden Age : the great voyage. Howell Davis ; Bartholomew Roberts ; Walter Kennedy and the pirate lords ; The pirate code -- The privateers. The business of privateering ; America's rebel privateers ; John Paul Jones ; The French privateers ; Robert Surcouf : King of the Corsairs ; The privateers of 1812 ; The last of the privateers -- The last of the pirates. Jean Lafitte ; Benito de Soto and "Don" Pedro ; David Porter : pirate hunter -- Pirates in eastern seas. Piracy in the Far East ; Kuo Hsing Yeh ; The great pirate confederation ; Shap-;ng-Tsai ; The Chinese pirate junk ; The Indonesian pirates ; The White Rajah ; Sending a gunboat -- Piracy today. The new pirates ; Hotspot : Eastern waters ; Hotspot : Somalia ; Hotspot : West Africa ; Hotspot : Latin America -- Piracy : fact versus ficion. Truth and myth ; The pirates of fiction ; Captain Hook and pirates of the stage ; The pirates of Hollywood ; The Jack Sparrow phenomenon ; Pirate perceptions ; The pirate legacy
- Dimensions
- 24 x 26 cm.
- Edition
- First Lyons Press edition
- Extent
- 247 pages
- Isbn
- 9781599214740
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), color maps, portraits
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)317451127
- (OCoLC)ocn317451127
- 444146
- Label
- The world atlas of pirates : treasures and treachery on the seven seas, in maps, tall tales, and pictures, Angus Konstam
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- What's in a name? -- Piracy in the ancient world. The sea peoples ; Pirates of ancient Greece ; Pompey, Caesar, and the Cilician pirates -- Medieval sea rovers. The fury of the Norsemen ; Pirates of Medieval Britain ; The lords of the Mediterranean ; Stortebeker and the Baltic pirates -- The Barbary pirates. The rise of the Muslim corsairs ; The Barbary Coast ; The Barbarossa brothers ; Murat Rais ; The last of the Barbary pirates -- The Spanish Main. Spain's overseas empire ; The treasure fleets ; The Spanish galleon -- The sea dogs. The first interlopers ; John Hawkins ; Drake's raid ; Drake's raid into the Pacific ; Drake's great expedition ; Drake's last voyage -- The buccaneers. The coming of the Dutch ; The buccaneers of Hispaniola ; Tortuga and the brethren of the coast ; Francois L'Olonnais ; Port Royal ; Henry Morgan ; Buccaneers of the Pacific ; The French filibusters -- The pirate round. The appeal of the Indian Ocean ; Thomas Tew ; Henry Every ; Captain Kidd ; Edward England ; Madagascar -- The Golden Age : New Providence. The Golden Age ; New Providence ; Woodes Rogers ; Charles Vane ; "Calico Jack" and the women pirates ; Pirate flags -- The golden Age : the Atlantic seaboard. Blackbeard, the most notorious pirate of them all ; Stede Bonnet, the gentleman pirate ; Sam Bellamy and the Whydah ; George Lowther and Edward Low ; Pirate ships -- The Golden Age : the great voyage. Howell Davis ; Bartholomew Roberts ; Walter Kennedy and the pirate lords ; The pirate code -- The privateers. The business of privateering ; America's rebel privateers ; John Paul Jones ; The French privateers ; Robert Surcouf : King of the Corsairs ; The privateers of 1812 ; The last of the privateers -- The last of the pirates. Jean Lafitte ; Benito de Soto and "Don" Pedro ; David Porter : pirate hunter -- Pirates in eastern seas. Piracy in the Far East ; Kuo Hsing Yeh ; The great pirate confederation ; Shap-;ng-Tsai ; The Chinese pirate junk ; The Indonesian pirates ; The White Rajah ; Sending a gunboat -- Piracy today. The new pirates ; Hotspot : Eastern waters ; Hotspot : Somalia ; Hotspot : West Africa ; Hotspot : Latin America -- Piracy : fact versus ficion. Truth and myth ; The pirates of fiction ; Captain Hook and pirates of the stage ; The pirates of Hollywood ; The Jack Sparrow phenomenon ; Pirate perceptions ; The pirate legacy
- Dimensions
- 24 x 26 cm.
- Edition
- First Lyons Press edition
- Extent
- 247 pages
- Isbn
- 9781599214740
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), color maps, portraits
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)317451127
- (OCoLC)ocn317451127
- 444146
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