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Cordingly, David.
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Rogers, Woodes, d. 1732.
Privateering.
Voyages around the world.
Pirates.
Latin America -- Description and travel.
Bahamas -- History.
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Cordingly, David.
Rogers, Woodes, d. 1732.
Privateering.
Voyages around the world.
Pirates.
Latin America -- Description and travel.
Bahamas -- History.
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Pirate hunter of the Caribbean : the adventurous life of Captain Woodes Rogers / David Cordingly.
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Cordingly, David.
Random House, c2011.
Call #:
910
.45
C795p
Subjects
Rogers, Woodes, d. 1732.
Privateering.
Voyages around the world.
Pirates.
Latin America -- Description and travel.
Bahamas -- History.
ISBN:
9781400068159 (hbk. : alk. paper)
1400068150 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Edition:
1st U.S. ed.
Description:
x, 301 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Notes:
"Originally published in the United Kingdom as 'Spanish gold' by Bloomsbury Publishing, London"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-287) and index.
Contents:
Prologue -- Raiding the South Seas -- The sea captain -- From Bristol to Cape Horn -- A man clothed in goat-skins -- The Manila galleons -- The voyagers return -- Sugar, slaves and sunken treasure -- Governor of the Bahamas -- Welcome to Nassau -- Hanged on the waterfront -- Blackbeard's last stand -- Calico Jack and the female pirates -- Great debts and bills -- Death on the coast of Guinea -- Back to the Bahamas -- Epilogue.
Summary:
Profiles the life and adventures of the governor of the Bahamas who hunted down some of the best known pirates of his day, including Blackbeard, Charles Vane, and Anne Bonny.
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