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Flying the Black Flag: a Brief History of Piracy: A Brief History of Piracy by Alfred S. Bradford is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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<p>Many peoples throughout history have fought pirates, writes Alfred Bradford in Flying the Black Flag. Some have lost and some have won. We should learn from their experience. From Odysseus—the original pirate of literature and lore—through Blackbeard and the feared pirates of the Spanish Main, his book reveals the strategies and methods pirates used to cheat, lie, kill, and rob their way into the historical record, wreaking terror in their bloody wakes.</p> <p>The story begins with a discussion of Piracy and the Suppression of Piracy in the Ancient World. It details, for example, how the Illyrians used pirate vessels to try to wrest control of the Adriatic Coast from the mighty Romans, as well as how the intrepid Vikings went from pirate raids to the conquest of parts of Western Europe.</p> <p>Moving into the 17th century and to the New World, Bradford depicts the golden age of the pirates. Here are the Spanish Buccaneers and the fabled Caribbean stronghold of Tortuga. Here are Henry Morgan, Captain Kidd, and their fearsome counterparts. But piracy was hardly just a Western phenomenon. The Barbary Pirates looks East to examine the struggle between Christian and Muslim in the Med
Who reads Flying the Black Flag: a Brief History of Piracy: A Brief History of Piracy?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Alfred S. Bradford
- Publisher
- Praeger; Bloomsbury
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780275996857
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Travel, Anthropology