The Pirate Menace Uncovering the Golden Age of Piracy

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  • Engels
  • Hardcover
  • 9781472857736
  • 09 mei 2024
  • 352 pagina's
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This new account explores the most notorious pirates in history and how their rise and fall can be traced back to a single pirate haven, Nassau. Angus Konstam, one of the world's leading pirate experts, has brought his 30 years of research to create the definitive book on the Golden Age of Piracy. Many of the privateers the British had used to prey on French and Spanish shipping during the War of the Spanish Succession turned to piracy. The pirates took over Nassau on the Bahamian island of New Providence and turned it into their own pirate haven, where shady merchants were happy to buy their plunder. It became the hub of a pirate network that included some of the most notorious pirates in history: Blackbeard, 'Calico Jack' Rackam, Charles Vane and Bartholomew Roberts. The growth of piracy led to a major surge in attacks in the Caribbean and along North America’s Atlantic seaboard. With the fragile maritime economy of the Americas threatened with collapse, major ports were threatened and trade brought to a standstill, the British government finally declared war on the pirates. The Pirate Menace draws on extensive research, as well as a wide range of first-hand accounts, to produce a new history of the heyday of historical piracy.

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Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum
09 mei 2024
Aantal pagina's
352
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Hoofdauteur
Angus Konstam
Tweede Auteur
Angus Konstam
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Osprey Publishing

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153 mm
Product lengte
234 mm
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Nee
Verpakking breedte
153 mm
Verpakking hoogte
36 mm
Verpakking lengte
234 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht
618 g

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9781472857736

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