Bibliograph

Under the bloody flag, pirates of the Tudor age, John C. Appleby

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Under the bloody flag, pirates of the Tudor age, John C. Appleby

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Under the bloody flag

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

John C. Appleby

Sub title

pirates of the Tudor age

Summary

Long before Blackbeard, Captain Kidd and Black Barty, terrorized the Caribbean, the seas around the British Isles swarmed with pirates. Thousands of men turned to piracy at sea, often as, a makeshift strategy of survival. Piracy was a business, not a way of life. Although the young Francis Drake became the most famous pirate of the period, scores of little-known pirate leaders operated during this time, acquiring mixed reputations on land and at sea. Captain Henry Strange ways earned notoriety for his attacks on French shipping in the Channel and the Irish Sea, selling booty ashore in south-west England and Wales. John Callice, and his associates, sailed in consort with others, including another arch-pirate, Robert Hicks, plundering French, Spanish, Danish and Scottish shipping, in voyages that ranged from Scotland to Spain. The first British pirates led erratic careers, but their roving in local waters paved the way for the more aggressive and ambitious deep-sea piracy in the Caribbean

Target audience

adult

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