Bibliograph

The pirates' pact, the secret alliances between history's most notorious buccaneers and colonial America, Douglas R. Burgess Jr

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The pirates' pact, the secret alliances between history's most notorious buccaneers and colonial America, Douglas R. Burgess Jr

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 266-290) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The pirates' pact

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

225873712

Responsibility statement

Douglas R. Burgess Jr

Sub title

the secret alliances between history's most notorious buccaneers and colonial America

Table Of Contents

Enemies of the human race -- Erring captains : state-sponsored piracy and its aftermath -- "His majesty's pleasure" : Henry Morgan and Jamaica -- Oddsfish! -- The pirate cabal -- King Baldridge and the Red Sea pirates -- Amity, liberty, and Thomas Tew -- Henry Every, "as yet an Englishman's friend" -- Trials and tribulations -- The most hated man in America -- Nemesis -- "Your loving friends" -- The despair of Lord Bellomont -- "That race of wicked men" -- Afterword : pirate patronage in the twenty-first century

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