Los bucaneros recogidos en el primer volumen son Henry Avery, James Martel, Barbanegra, Stede Bonnet, Edward England, Charles Vane, Calico Jack Rackham, Anne Bonny, Mary Read, Howell Davis, Bartholomew ("Black Bart") Roberts, Thomas Anstis, Richard Worley, George Lowther, Edward Low, John Evans, Francis Spriggs, John Smith, John Gow y Roche Brasiliano.