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includes maps, tables, drawings and photos of paintings This book tells the true story about the age of piracy using eyewitness accounts, court documents, national archives, and more to create a realistic picture of this exciting time. The reader learns about the day-to-day existence of pirates. How they attacked, how they governed themselves, what they wore, what ships they used, why they flourished in the years around 1720, and what brought their reign of terror to an end. The book has exceptional appendices! |