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    almahu_BV049404875
    Format: xxii, 394 Seiten : , Illustrationen, Karten ; , 22 cm.
    ISBN: 0-486-29064-6 , 9780486290645
    Content: Meticulously researched study based on authentic documents recounts lurid exploits, punishments of such hardened maritime brigands as William Kidd, Charles Harris, Thomas Tew, John Phillips, other marauders
    Note: The beginning of English piracy -- Dixey Bull, the first pirate in New England waters and some others who followed him -- John Rhodes, pilot of the Dutch pirates on the coast of Maine -- Thomas Pound, pilot of the King's frigate, who became a pirate and died a gentleman -- William Kidd, privateersman and reputed pirate -- Thomas Tew, who retired and lived at Newport -- John Quelch and his crew, who were hanged at Boston and their gold distributed -- Samuel Bellamy, whose ship was wrecked at Wellfleet and 142 drowned -- George Lowther, who captured thirty-three vessels in seventeen months -- Ned Low of Boston and how he became a pirate captain -- Captain Roberts' curious account of what happened on Low's ship -- The brutal career and miserable end of Ned Low -- The strange adventures of Philip Ashton -- Nicholas Merritt's account of his escape from pirates -- Francis Farrington Spriggs, the companion of Ned Low -- Charles Harris, who was hanged at Newport with twenty-five of his crew -- John Phillips, whose head was cut off and pickled -- William Fly, who was hanged in chains on Nix's Mate -- Pirate haunts and cruising grounds -- Pirate life and death -- Captain Ploughman's commission -- Captain Ploughman's instructions -- Dying speech of Captain Quelch -- John Fillmore's narrative -- An "act of grace.
    Language: English
    Subjects: History
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    Keywords: History
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