Pirate World Hardcover

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KeynoteAn updated, revised and highly illustrated history of piracy from one of the subject'smost respected authors.DescriptionHighly illustrated with colour images and specially commissioned maps throughout,this is a unique exploration of the pirate world.Often romanticised in print and on the silver screen, real-life pirates were a brutalmenace that plagued the high seas. In this book, Angus Konstam separates myth fromreality, tracing the history of piracy through the centuries, from the pirates who plaguedthe Ancient Egyptians to the Viking raids and on to the era of privateers. He discussesthe so-called 'Golden Age of Piracy' and colourful characters such as Blackbeard andCaptain Kidd, before examining the West's initial encounters with Eastern pirates off theChinese coast and the phenomenon of the modern pirate.