Piracy: The complete history (General Military) - Hardcover

Konstam, Angus

 
9781846032400: Piracy: The complete history (General Military)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1846032407 ISBN 13: 9781846032400
Verlag: Osprey Publishing, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

Piracy has been around since man took to the sea. In this book, pirate expert Angus Konstam sails through the brutal history of piracy, from the pirates who plagued the Ancient Egyptians to the Vikings raids and on to the era of privateers. He then 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. By separating the realities of piracy from the Hollywood-inspired fiction, and by tracing the development of piracy through the centuries, this book gives a realistic vision of what piracy actually involves.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Angus Konstam is a prolific author, with over 50 historical titles in print. Over 30 of these have been for Osprey. His piratical titles include The History of Pirates (Lyons Press, New York, 1999), Pirates! and Pirates, 1680-1730 (both Osprey Publishing, Oxford, 2000) and The Pirate Ship (Osprey Publishing, Oxford, 2003). Other publications include History of Shipwrecks, A Historical Atlas of Exploration, and The Spanish Galleon. He studied history and archaeology at the Scottish universities of Aberdeen and St Andrews, and is also a former naval officer, an underwater archaeologist and a museum curator. He advised the archaeologists who excavated Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge, and has made several TV appearances for the History Channel.

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Verlag
Osprey Publishing
Erscheinungsdatum
2008
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1846032407
ISBN 13 
9781846032400
Einband
Tapa dura
Anzahl der Seiten
336
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