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Book Synopsis Pirates of the Matanzas by : Hannah Keyes
Download or read book Pirates of the Matanzas written by Hannah Keyes and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-09-05 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's not what you think -- and they're the ones nobody suspects. It all began when Angela Parker, the new girl in town, was assigned a crummy partner for the local history project. On a visit to the Castillo de San Marcos, she stumbles across a coded message; but time will only tell the full extent of its meaning. Together with her partner, Evan, Angela is swept up on a twisting and turning mystery of an adventure, full of strange and colorful characters, one as could only happen in America's oldest city: St. Augustine, Florida.
Book Synopsis Last Pirate at Fort Matanzas by : Charles Frankhauser
Download or read book Last Pirate at Fort Matanzas written by Charles Frankhauser and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flamboyant Captain Alberto Dicer was a garlic picker in Madrid, a girl's playmate in a garden, a thief of a silver spoon, a soldier of Spain, a cook on a galleon, a pirate aboard El Dreadful, and a prisoner at St. Augustine, Florida during the reign of King Phillip II of Spain. Alberto learns how to fire a cannon, cook Spanish rice, duel, sail, and plunder galleons of the King's Treasure Fleet.
Book Synopsis St. Augustine Pirates and Privateers by : Theodore Corbett
Download or read book St. Augustine Pirates and Privateers written by Theodore Corbett and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012-08-21 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entrenched on Florida's Atlantic Coast since the sixteenth century, the Spanish presidio of St. Augustine was a prime target for piracy. For the colonial governors of Great Britain, France and Spain, privateering--and its rogue form, piracy--was a type of warfare used to enhance the limited resources of their colonies. While the citizens of St. Augustine were victims of this guerrilla war, they also struck back at their enemies using privateers such as Francisco Menendez, whose attacks on British ships strengthened his reputation and sustained the city. Historian Theodore Corbett recounts this dark and turbulent history, from the first sacking of the city by Francis Drake, through the pirate raids of the 1680s to the height of St. Augustine's privateering in the eighteenth century.
Book Synopsis Twenty Florida Pirates by : Kevin M McCarthy
Download or read book Twenty Florida Pirates written by Kevin M McCarthy and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-10-17 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blackbeard, Jose Gaspar, Jean Lafitte—the names conjure up a romantic, swashbuckling figure with a black patch over one eye, a cutlass in his teeth, and a brace of pistols tucked into his waistband. Actors such as Errol Flynn did much to create that devil-may-care attitude glamorized on the silver screen, but in fact, real pirates were not so admirable; for the most part they were cruel, greedy, dastardly brigands, many of whom were slave traders or smugglers in addition to being pirates. Still, we continue to be fascinated by their lives and exploits, perhaps because they led such adventurous lives full of bravery, recklessness and daring. It is certainly more enjoyable— and safer—to read about pirates than to encounter one. This book chronicles the lives and times of 20 notable Florida pirates, from the English privateers of the 1500s to present-day drug smugglers and “yachtjackers." Pirates have always found easy prey in the seas around Florida; not only did the treasure-laden ships on their way back to Europe have to sail close to Florida's shores to catch the currents east, but the treacherous Florida Reef foundered many a ship, making easy pickings. Most of what we know about pirates comes from Navy records, newspaper accounts, or eyewitness statements from those whom the pirates spared. This book distills the most interesting facts from many sources into a book that will be enjoyed by anyone interested in a different perspective on Florida's history.
Download or read book Matanzas written by Sam Milner and published by . This book was released on 2017-12-18 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1565, Pedro Menendez founded the first successful European Colony in the territory now known as the United States. In that same year, at an inlet located fifteen miles south of St. Augustine, Menendez and his soldiers put two hundred French Huguenots to the sword. Henceforth, this inlet has been known as Matanzas...placed of slaughter. The fifteen miles of river which connect Matanzas Inlet to St. Augustine also bears the name, Matanzas. By 1750 the Spanish had built a two-story observation fort at Matanzas Inlet in order to keep watch for pirates and other intruders who wished to use that avenue to create havoc for the inhabitants of St. Augustine. This is the story of a closely-knit Spanish family who live beside the Matanzas River in close proximity of Matanzas Inlet...a family who make their living by fishing and providing food for the soldiers at Fort Matanzas, as well as the fort, Castillo de San Marcos, located in St. Augustine.
Book Synopsis The War Against the Pirates by : Barry Gough
Download or read book The War Against the Pirates written by Barry Gough and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-05-22 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on hitherto unused sources in English and Spanish in British and American archives, in this book naval historian Barry Gough and legal authority Charles Borras investigate a secret Anglo-American coercive war against Spain, 1815-1835. Described as a war against piracy at the time, the authors explore how British and American interests – diplomatic and military – aligned to contain Spanish power to the critically influential islands of Cuba and Puerto Rico, facilitating the forging of an enduring but unproclaimed Anglo-American alliance which endures to this day. Due attention is given to United States Navy actions under Commodore David Porter, to this day a subject of controversy. More significantly though, through the juxtaposition of British, American and Spanish sources, this book uncovers the roots of piracy – and suppression– that laid the foundation for the tortured decline of the Spanish empire in the Americas and the subsequent rise of British and American empires, instrumental in stamping out Caribbean piracy for good.
Book Synopsis World Atlas of Pirates by : Angus Konstam
Download or read book World Atlas of Pirates written by Angus Konstam and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By combining stunning cartography with engaging and authoritative text, The World Atlas of Pirates presents the story of piracy in a completely new way. Eighty maps plot the routes that pirates followed—whether crossing the world's great oceans or pursuing their prey through creeks and bays. Colorful archive illustrations, including photographs and images from England's National Maritime Museum and other historic collections, bring the villains, their ships, and their victims to life. Lively, accessible text by pirate expert Angus Konstam explains how piracy grew and flourished from the early buccaneers to the rogues of popular legends, how it has been snuffed out, and how it has reared its head again with the machine-gun-toting pirates operating on today's high seas.
Book Synopsis The Gigantic Book of Pirate Stories by : Stephen Brennan
Download or read book The Gigantic Book of Pirate Stories written by Stephen Brennan and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2007-10-17 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the years, thousands of tales, both true and fantastic, have been told about the dastardly thievery of pirates, and their rum-drunk exploits and high-seas violence never fail to delight. Compiled here are more than 100 of the very best pirate yarns ever created on history's most debaucherous scalawags. The stories, songs, and verses include writing by Daniel Defoe, Mark Twain, Joseph Conrad, James Fenimore Cooper, Robert Louis Stevenson, and many more.
Download or read book The Pirate World written by Angus Konstam and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-21 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highly illustrated with colour images and specially commissioned maps throughout, this is a unique exploration of the pirate world. Often romanticised in print and on the silver screen, real-life pirates were a brutal menace that plagued the high seas. In this book, Angus Konstam separates myth from reality, tracing the history of piracy through the centuries, from the pirates who plagued the Ancient Egyptians to the Viking raids and on to the era of privateers. He discusses the so-called 'Golden Age of Piracy' and colourful characters such as Blackbeard and Captain Kidd, before examining the West's initial encounters with Eastern pirates off the Chinese coast and the phenomenon of the modern pirate.
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Book Synopsis The Real Story of the Pirate by : Alpheus Hyatt Verrill
Download or read book The Real Story of the Pirate written by Alpheus Hyatt Verrill and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Vampirate of Matanzas Inlet by : Andre R. Frattino
Download or read book The Vampirate of Matanzas Inlet written by Andre R. Frattino and published by Flagler's Few, Ghost Hunters. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Roger is the street-punk descendant of a long line of pirates, including his namesake, Captain Rogerick Blimes, best known for defeating his dreaded rival, Captain "Mad Eyes" Gaunt, an eighteenth-century pirate warlord possessed by demons. Now, centuries later, it's up to Roger and his ragtag crew (which includes a mysterious vampire girl) to hunt for the buried talisman his ancestor used to defeat Gaunt--before Roger's nemesis finds it and unleashes its evil spirit on the modern world!" -- back cover.
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Book Synopsis Atlantic Piracy in the Early Nineteenth Century by : Sarah Craze
Download or read book Atlantic Piracy in the Early Nineteenth Century written by Sarah Craze and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2022 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Skilfully uses this notorious episode to illuminate the nature and extent of piracy in the period.The pirate attack on the British brig Morning Star, en route from Ceylon to London, near Ascension Island in 1828 was one of the most shocking episodes of piracy in the nineteenth century. Although the captain and many members of the crew were murdered by the pirates led by the notorious Benito de Soto, some survived, escaped and sailed the ship back to Britain. This book, based on extensive original research in Britain, Spain and Brazil, retells the story of the Morning Star, provides much new detail and corrects errors present in the many contemporary accounts of the attack. It sets the attack in the wider context of piracy in the period, and discusses many issues which the episode highlights: how pirates' careers began and developed; how they were pursued and tried, often with difficulty; what became of their treasure; how stories of the attack and of the survivors were sensationalised; how the women passengers on the ship endured their ordeal at the hands of the pirates and then, back in Britain, had to endure potential loss of their reputations.s on the ship endured their ordeal at the hands of the pirates and then, back in Britain, had to endure potential loss of their reputations.s on the ship endured their ordeal at the hands of the pirates and then, back in Britain, had to endure potential loss of their reputations.s on the ship endured their ordeal at the hands of the pirates and then, back in Britain, had to endure potential loss of their reputations.
Download or read book American state papers written by and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 1008 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis True Stories of the Perilous Straits by : John Viele
Download or read book True Stories of the Perilous Straits written by John Viele and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Straits of Florida is a 110-mile sea passage between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean bordered on the northern side by the Florida Keys and the Florida Reef. In its waters, along the reef, and on desolate keys, thousands of men and women have died in shipwrecks, attacks by natives, sea battles, and pirate boardings. Few of their stories have survived, but those that have tell gripping tales of their struggles against the perils of the sea and the onslaughts of men. This book presents a selection of such stories during the age of sail from the time Spanish navigators discovered the Straits to the end of the Second Seminole War in 1842. Excerpted from ships' logs, captains' diaries, court-martial transcripts, and newspaper accounts, the stories in this volume—a companion to The Florida Keys, Volume 1: A History of the Pioneers—will make you glad you live in a modern world. Read harrowing tales of the cruelty and torture inflicted on mariners at the hands of bloodthirsty pirates; of pistol and cannon battles between merchant ships and wayward privateers; and of the hardships endured by some of Florida's earliest settlers. Sprinkled with hand-drawn illustrations, photographs, and maps depicting the lay of the land during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, this book presents a scholarly, historically accurate account of life on the Keys and in the perilous Straits of Florida during the age of sail. An index and extensive bibliography are included. Next in series > > See all of the books in this series
Book Synopsis American State Papers by : United States. Congress
Download or read book American State Papers written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 952 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
