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Cover: 9781472857736 | The Pirate Menace | Uncovering the Golden Age of Piracy | Konstam
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Autor: 9781472857736 | The Pirate Menace | Uncovering the Golden Age of Piracy | Konstam
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The Pirate Menace
Uncovering the Golden Age of Piracy
Buch von Angus Konstam
Sprache: Englisch

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This new account explores the most notorious pirates in history and how their rise and fall can be traced back to a single pirate haven, Nassau.
Angus Konstam, one of the world's leading pirate experts, has brought his 30 years of research to create the definitive book on the Golden Age of Piracy. Many of the privateers the British had used to prey on French and Spanish shipping during the War of the Spanish Succession turned to piracy. The pirates took over Nassau on the Bahamian island of New Providence and turned it into their own pirate haven, where shady merchants were happy to buy their plunder. It became the hub of a pirate network that included some of the most notorious pirates in history: Blackbeard, "Calico Jack" Rackam, Charles Vane and Bartholomew Roberts.

The growth of piracy led to a major surge in attacks in the Caribbean and along North America's Atlantic seaboard. With the fragile maritime economy of the Americas threatened with collapse, major ports were threatened and trade brought to a standstill, the British government finally declared war on the pirates. The Pirate Menace draws on extensive research, as well as a wide range of first-hand accounts, to produce a new history of the heyday of historical piracy.
This new account explores the most notorious pirates in history and how their rise and fall can be traced back to a single pirate haven, Nassau.
Angus Konstam, one of the world's leading pirate experts, has brought his 30 years of research to create the definitive book on the Golden Age of Piracy. Many of the privateers the British had used to prey on French and Spanish shipping during the War of the Spanish Succession turned to piracy. The pirates took over Nassau on the Bahamian island of New Providence and turned it into their own pirate haven, where shady merchants were happy to buy their plunder. It became the hub of a pirate network that included some of the most notorious pirates in history: Blackbeard, "Calico Jack" Rackam, Charles Vane and Bartholomew Roberts.

The growth of piracy led to a major surge in attacks in the Caribbean and along North America's Atlantic seaboard. With the fragile maritime economy of the Americas threatened with collapse, major ports were threatened and trade brought to a standstill, the British government finally declared war on the pirates. The Pirate Menace draws on extensive research, as well as a wide range of first-hand accounts, to produce a new history of the heyday of historical piracy.
Über den Autor
Angus Konstam is the author of well over 100 history books. He has written widely on naval history including The Pirate World, Hunt the Bismarck and Mutiny on the Spanish Main, all published by Osprey. A former naval officer, he has worked as a museum curator in the Royal Armouries, Tower of London and the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum in Key West, Florida. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a full-time author and historian. He lives in Orkney, off the north of Scotland.
Zusammenfassung
Angus Konstam is one of the world's leading pirate experts, a historian at the forefront of research in this field. He has combed the word's archives and collections to gather material, and has integrated letters, newspaper reports, court documents and official records into the story.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations in Plate Section
A Note on Time, Nation and Distance
Maps
Prologue
Introduction

1. Beyond the Line
2. Henry Jennings
3. Piracy in the Bahamas
4. Benjamin Hornigold
5. Profile of a Pirate
6. A Commune of Pirates
7. Edward Thatch
8. Sam Bellamy
9. Stede Bonnet
10. The Carrot and the Stick
11. Woodes Rogers and Charles Vane
12. The Pirate-hunter
13. Pursuing the Die-hards
14. The Buck Legacy
15. The Great Pyrate
16. The Enemies of Mankind

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9781472857736
ISBN-10: 1472857739
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 658808
Ausstattung / Beilage: Hardback
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Konstam, Angus
Hersteller: Bloomsbury UK
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Abbildungen: 8-page plate section in colour
Maße: 241 x 161 x 36 mm
Von/Mit: Angus Konstam
Erscheinungsdatum: 07.05.2024
Gewicht: 0,618 kg
Artikel-ID: 126858734
Über den Autor
Angus Konstam is the author of well over 100 history books. He has written widely on naval history including The Pirate World, Hunt the Bismarck and Mutiny on the Spanish Main, all published by Osprey. A former naval officer, he has worked as a museum curator in the Royal Armouries, Tower of London and the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum in Key West, Florida. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a full-time author and historian. He lives in Orkney, off the north of Scotland.
Zusammenfassung
Angus Konstam is one of the world's leading pirate experts, a historian at the forefront of research in this field. He has combed the word's archives and collections to gather material, and has integrated letters, newspaper reports, court documents and official records into the story.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations in Plate Section
A Note on Time, Nation and Distance
Maps
Prologue
Introduction

1. Beyond the Line
2. Henry Jennings
3. Piracy in the Bahamas
4. Benjamin Hornigold
5. Profile of a Pirate
6. A Commune of Pirates
7. Edward Thatch
8. Sam Bellamy
9. Stede Bonnet
10. The Carrot and the Stick
11. Woodes Rogers and Charles Vane
12. The Pirate-hunter
13. Pursuing the Die-hards
14. The Buck Legacy
15. The Great Pyrate
16. The Enemies of Mankind

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9781472857736
ISBN-10: 1472857739
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 658808
Ausstattung / Beilage: Hardback
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Konstam, Angus
Hersteller: Bloomsbury UK
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Abbildungen: 8-page plate section in colour
Maße: 241 x 161 x 36 mm
Von/Mit: Angus Konstam
Erscheinungsdatum: 07.05.2024
Gewicht: 0,618 kg
Artikel-ID: 126858734
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