Pirates, Corsairs, Privateers: From Francis Drake to Blackbeard
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Pirates, Corsairs, Privateers: From Francis Drake to Blackbeard
39.99 €
31.99 €
This book tells about both the most famous (Francis Drake, Henry Morgan, Blackbeard, etc.) and unknown pirates, their tactics and weapons, as well as pirate ships, flags, capitals and islands, life on board, how boarding battles took place, what was the most common punishment for piracy, who filibusters and buccaneers were, what the line from the song "fifteen men on a dead man's chest" means, who became the prototypes of Captain Blood and the heroes of "Treasure Island", where the "Jolly Roger" came from and what is the share of truth in the legends about pirate treasures. The word "corsair", derived from the Italian corsa (race), quickly took root in European languages. Corsairs became the "last argument of kings", and monarchs tried to lure the most successful to their side. In France, being a corsair generally played the role of a naval school for officers of the royal navy. At the end of the 15th century, privateers appeared who received official permission from the state to capture and destroy enemy ships. Thus, during the Livonian War, the Baltic was plowed by the German Kirsten Rode, a privateer of Ivan the Terrible. Corsairs and privateers who continued to rob ships in peacetime or after the expiration of their patent turned into pirates, profit seekers without honor or conscience. A pirate's "career" could last less than a year, but there were also those who lived a long and stormy life.
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