Pirates
Subtitle: an illustrated history
By: Nigel Cawthorne
Publisher: Metro Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781435146570
Subjects: Pirates; Juvenile literature; History
Description: This book "looks at the reality behind the legends and reveals a world often more bloodthirsty than anything acted out by Errol Flynn. It portrays the pirates in all their lawless glory, including a visit to the 'pirate capital' of Port Royal on Jamaica, once infamous as the 'wickedest city in the world', and an introduction to ruthless modern pirates who still strike fear into the hearts of seafarers today"--Page [4] cover.
Notes: "Previously published as A history of pirates, Arcturus Publishing Ltd., 2003"--Title page verso.

"This 2013 edition published by Metro Books by arrangement with Arcturus Publishing Limited"--Title page verso.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Pirate attack; title: The privateers; title: The buccaneers; title: 'The richest and wickedest city in the new world'; title: The weapons; title: The ships; title: Life aboard the pirate ships; title: Captain Kidd and the lure of the Orient; title: The suppression of piracy; title: The swashbuckling continues.