(72 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps.
SERIES
Series Title
Dorling Kindersley eyewitness books.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Robbers of the seas --; Pirates of Ancient Greece --; Pirates of the Roman world --; Raiders of the North --; The Barbary Coast --; The corsairs of Malta --; The privateers --; The Spanish Main --; New World privateers --; Navigation and maps --; The buccaneers --; Weapons --; Pirates of the Caribbean --; Women pirates --; The Jolly Roger --; Pirate treasure --; Piracy and slavery --; Life at sea --; Food on board --; Life on land --; Pirates of the Indian Ocean --; Desert islands --; The French corsairs --; American privateers --; Pirates of the China seas --; Punishment --; The pirates defeated --; Pirates in literature --; Pirates in film and theater --; Did you know? --; Who's who? --; Find out more --; Glossary --; Index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"Be an eyewitness to the bloodthirsty activities of pirates, from the barbarous corsairs of the Mediterranean to the cutthroat buccaneers of the Spanish Main"--Page 4 of cover.
PARALLEL TITLE PROPER
Parallel Title
Eyewitness pirate
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Other.
Pirates -- Juvenile literature.
Pirates.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
G525
Book number
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W758
2007
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
written by Richard Platt; photographed by Tina Chambers.