July 1, 2018
This series entry looks at pirates in their heyday. The main focus is on seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Atlantic and Caribbean swashbucklers, with brief mentions of ancient and modern pirates and piracy in other areas. While treatments of individual topics are brief, the volume is decently informative overall. The layouts are bland, but photos, illustrations, and sidebars add extra information to the basic text. Timeline. Glos., ind.
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