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Pirates: Terror on the High Seas from the Caribbean to the South China Sea (A Worldwide Illustrated History)
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by David Cordingly
Sales Rank: 961253
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List Price: $19.99
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 256 pages
Published by: World Publications MA March 1999
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 1572152648
ISBN 13 Number: 978-1572152649
Book Dimensions:
10.9 x 9.4 x 0.9 inches
Weighs: 3.1 pounds
Reader Reviews
This review is from: Pirates: Terror on the High Seas-From the Caribbean to the South China Sea (Hardcover)
This is an excellent coffee-table introduction to pirates, well worth the $29.95 for those interested in the subject. The book's chapters are written by different authors, who generally keep the prose crisp and readable, although there are occasional "dry" areas. The chapters are: The Lure of Spanish Gold, Brethren of the Coast, Buccaneer Explorers, Corsairs of the Mediterranean, The Golden Age of Piracy, Libertalia: The Pirate's Utopia, The Pirate Round, French and American Privateers, The Eastern Seas, Chinese Pirates, and Piracy Today. What really makes the book worthwhile is the excellent collection of illustrations and artifacts that accompany the text. Of special noteworthyness is the photo on page 9 of some beheaded pirates. The book is very well designed, and very conducive to leisurely reading, bit by bit. Some of the information is repeated across chapters, which is prone to happen when there are different contributors (although the editors should still have excised the repetitive parts). The chapter "Corsairs of the Mediterranean" was probably the most engaging for me, both in terms of the writing, and the vast amount of interesting history presented. I felt two chapters that could have been really interesting, but unfortunately failed to be were "The Eastern Seas," and "Chinese Pirates." I would definitely recommend this book as a beginning text to anyone with an interest in pirates.
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