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The history of the pirate community on St. Mary's Island off the coast of Madagascar that flourished from the 1680s to the 1720s.Saint Mary's Island, history's only true pirate island, is located a few miles east off Madagascar. For more than thirty years, ships from Saint Mary's scoured the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf, and as far east as Burma. The most successful criminals in human history, their crews returned with extraordinary booty. John Taylor and Olivier La Bouche took a Portuguese carrack with diamonds and gold worth more than $400 million. Henry Every captured $200 million in treasure and gems. And these fabulous hauls were no freak accident. Saint Mary's pirates seized coins and gems on almost every cruise.These rich hunting grounds tempted thousands of adventurers to risk the long and daunting voyage east. To reach Saint Marys, American raiders had to sail across some fifteen thousand miles of open ocean. By the time they arrived, food and water were in short supply. The pirates' tiny wooden ships desperately needed repairs.In removing the thick patina of legend from their collective portrait, Honor Among Thieves gives the men of Saint Marys their just

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Author

Jan Rogoziński, Jan Rogoziński

Publisher

Stackpole Books

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780811715294

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Social Science, World History

Rating

4.4 / 5 (10 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14