The Chronicles of Pirates – The Truth Behind the Legends: Complete History of Piracy & Biographies of the Most Famous Buccaneers (9 Books in One Volume)
Seas & LoreBy Daniel Defoe, Captain Charles Johnson, Howard Pyle, Ralph D. Paine, Charles Ellms, Currey E. Hamilton, John Esquemeling, J. D. Jerrold Kelley, Stanley Lane-Poole
Length92h 38m
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The Chronicles of Pirates gathers nine landmark accounts of maritime outlawry into a capacious history of piracy, balancing documentary narrative, biography, adventure writing, and later historical reconstruction. Moving from the buccaneering Caribbean to the wider Atlantic and Mediterranean worlds, it tests the distance between popular legend and archival reality. Narratives of sea raids, mutiny, colonial conflict, and notorious captains illuminate piracy not merely as romance, but as a volatile social and economic phenomenon. The volume's varied styles—from firsthand-inflected chronicle to richly imagined retelling—make its famous figures and perilous voyages newly legible. Its contributors span several centuries of English-language writing on the sea. Early chronicles preserve the perspectives, prejudices, and vivid details of the age of expansion, while nineteenth- and early twentieth-century historians and storytellers show how piracy entered modern historical consciousness and juvenile adventure literature. Together, these voices reveal shifting attitudes toward empire, law, commerce, violence, and freedom. Their disagreements and differing methods are themselves instructive, placing pirate mythology in dialogue with the records from which it emerged. This volume is recommended for readers of maritime history, colonial studies, biography, and adventure literature. It offers an exceptional opportunity to compare sources, styles, and interpretations within a single collection, encouraging critical attention to how legendary pirates have been documented, embellished, and remembered. Both accessible and intellectually rewarding, it invites readers to explore piracy's enduring cultural power.
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GenreHistory, Literary Classics
Length92 hrs 38 mins
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Publish dateJul 15, 2017
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Chronicles of Pirates – The Truth Behind the Legends: Complete History of Piracy & Biographies of the Most Famous Buccaneers (9 Books in One Volume)
2The Autobiography of a Cornish Smuggler (Captain Harry Carter, of Prussia Cove) 1749-1809 (Annotated)
3The Preface
4Introduction
5Chapter I. Of Captain Avery, And his Crew
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6Chapter II. Of Captain Martel, And his Crew
7Chapter III. Of Captain Teach, alias Black-beard
8Chapter IV. Of Major Stede Bonnet, And his Crew
9Chapter V. Of Capt. Edward England, And his Crew
10Chapter VI. Of Captain Charles Vane, And his Crew
11Chapter VII. Of Captain John Rackam, And his Crew
12Chapter VIII. The Life of Mary Read, And Anne Bonny
13Chapter IX. Of Captain Howel Davis, And his Crew
14Chapter X. Of Captain Bartho. Roberts, And his Crew (pt. 1)
15Chapter X. Of Captain Bartho. Roberts, And his Crew (pt. 2)
16Chapter XI. Of Captain Anstis, And his Crew
17Chapter XII. Of Captain Worley, And his Crew
18Chapter XIII. Of Capt. George Lowther, And his Crew
19Chapter XIV. Of Captain Edward Low, And his Crew
20Chapter XV. Of Capt. John Evans, And his Crew
21Chapter XVI. Of Captain John Phillips, And his Crew
22Chapter XVII. Of Captain Spriggs, And his Crew
23Chapter XVIII. An Account of the Pyracies and Murders committed by Philip Roche, &c.
24Chapter XIX. An Abstract of the Civil Law and Statute Law now in Force, in Relation to Pyracy
25Chapter XX. Of Captain Misson
26Chapter XXI. Of Capt. JOHN Bowen
27Chapter XXII. Of Capt. WILLIAM KID
28Chapter XXIII. Of Captain Tew, And his Crew
29Chapter XXIV. Of Capt. Halsey, And his Crew
30Chapter XXV. Of Captain Thomas White, And his Crew
31Chapter XXVI. Of Captain Condent, And his Crew
32Chapter XXVII. A Description of Magadoxa
33Chapter XXVIII. Of Capt. Bellamy
34Chapter XXIX. Of Captain William Fly, And his Crew
35Chapter XXX. Of Capt. Thomas Howard, And his Crew
36Chapter XXXI. Of Captain Lewis. And his Crew
37Chapter XXXII. Of Captain Cornelius, And his Crew
38Chapter XXXIII. Of Capt. David Williams, And his Crew
39Chapter XXXIV. Of Capt. Samuel Burgess, And his Crew
40Appendix
41I. Of Capt. Nathaniel North, And his Crew
42II. Of Captain Teach
43III. Of Major Bonnet
44IV. Of Captain Worley
45V. Of Captain Martel
46VI. The Trial of the Pyrates at Providence
47VII. Of Captain Vane
48VIII. Of Captain Bowen
49Foreword
50Preface
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