Under the Black Flag: Exploits of the Most Notorious Pirates
- ISBN-10
- 0486421317
- ISBN-13
- 9780486421315
- Series
- Under the Black Flag
- Category
- Transportation
- Pages
- 341
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002-03-01
- Publisher
- Courier Corporation
- Author
- Don Carlos Seitz
Description
Riveting account traces careers of buccaneers of many nationalities across two centuries and around the globe — from the West Indies to the South Seas. True stories of such notorious brigands as Captain Kidd and Edward (Blackbeard) Teach, as well as such lesser-known pirates as John Quelch, Christopher Scudamore, and Erasmus Peterson.
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- 2015-09-29
- 256 pages
- Ebook
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- 2006
- 296 pages
- Paperback
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