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Flying the black flag : a brief history of piracy

"From Odysseus - the original pirate of literature and lore - through Blackbeard and the feared pirates of the Spanish Main, this 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."--Jacket
Print Book, English, 2007
Praeger, Westport, Conn., 2007
Biographies
xii, 210 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
9780275977818, 0275977811
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