buccaneers

Describes the life of Welsh buccaneer Sir Henry Morgan, including the taking of Portobello and his defense of Jamaica against the Spanish.

Recounts the exploits of nine pirates and buccaneers who sailed and plundered on the seas from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century.

Presents the story of the Pirate Republic formed by pirate captains including Blackbeard, Black Sam Bellamy, and Charles Vane. They created a crude democracy with crews largely composed of runaway slaves and indentured servants who craved a measure of freedom. For a brief period the pirates cut off Britain, France, and Spain from their New World empires until a man named Woodes Rogers overcame them.

An illustrated exploration of the eighteenth-century ship "Whydah," which discusses its use as a slave ship, its capture by pirates, and its sinking in Cape Cod in 1717 and describes artifacts from its wreck site.

An account of the life and times of the English buccaneer, Henry Morgan, from his birth in Wales through his daring exploits in the Spanish Main to his later years in Jamaica.

Devoured by lust and greed, Morgan still had two ambitions: to possess the mysterious woman known as La Santa Roja and to conquer Panama.

Profiles twenty-five male and female sea robbers who stalked oceans from the Spanish Main to the East Indies, including Henry "John" Avery, Anne Bonny, and Sir Henry Morgan.

Presents a brief history of pirates, as well as discussing life onboard a pirate ship, pirate lingo, and the weapons they used.

Describes the experiences of pirates and privateers in the New World, discussing how they helped shape the world.

Discusses how the religious oppression suffered by Jewish people during the Inquisition lead some individuals to become pirates on the open seas, and describes the lives of Sinan--Barbarossa's second-in-command--Rabbi Samuel Palache--who commanded ships before founding Holland's Jewish community--and others.