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Pirate latitudes /

0007329105

0061929387

006196770X

9780007329106

9780061929380

9780061967702

b798675

Pirate latitudes /

[Book]

Michael Crichton.

New York, New York :

Harper Premium,

2010.

©2009

400 pages :

map ;

19 cm

The Caribbean, 1665. A remote colony of the English Crown, the island of Jamaica holds out against the vast supremacy of the Spanish empire. Port Royal, its capital, is a cutthroat town of taverns, grog shops, and bawdy houses. In this steamy climate there's a living to be made, a living that can end swiftly by disease -- or by dagger. For Captain Charles Hunter, gold in Spanish hands is gold for the taking, and the law of the land rests with those ruthless enough to make it. Word in port is that the galleon El Trinidad, fresh from New Spain, is awaiting repairs in a nearby harbor. Heavily fortified, the impregnable harbor is guarded by the bloodthirsty Cazalla, a favorite commander of the Spanish king. With backing from a powerful ally, Hunter assembles a crew of ruffians to infiltrate the enemy outpost and commandeer the ship, along with its fortune in Spanish gold. The raid is as perilous as the bloodiest tales of island legend, and Hunter will lose more than one man before he even gets to shore, where dense jungle and the firepower of Spanish infantry stand between him and the treasure.

Gold theft, Fiction.

Governors-- Jamaica, Fiction.

Hijacking of ships, Fiction.

Pirates, Fiction.

Adventure and adventurers, Fiction.

Gold theft.

Governors.

Hijacking of ships.

Pirates.

Caribbean Area, Fiction.

Jamaica, History, 17th century, Fiction.

Caribbean Area.

Jamaica.

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