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whose legendary names have gripped our imaginations: Blackbeard,
Captain Kidd, and Bartholomew Roberts, to name a few. Yet piracy on the
high seas existed long before Blackbeard's name struck terror in the
hearts of merchant seamen - Julius Caesar was captured by pirates - and
it remains a problem today. Modern pirates regularly attack vessels
sailing through the South China Sea. The History of Pirates traces
piracy from the seas of antiquity to the New World and beyond. It
represents a thorough, authoritative, and memorable portrait of the
fascinating world of pirates. Detailed maps bear vivid testimony to the
far-ranging exploits of these capricious, often charismatic, and
frequently bloodthirsty robbers of the high seas. (8 1/2 11, 192 pages,
color photos, maps, illustrations) Angus Konstam was formerly Curator
of Arms and Armour at the Tower of London, and was also Chief Curator
at the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum in Key West. Konstam's vast knowledge
of maritime history, and his study of countless manuscripts and
historic objects, have helped to make this book a truly exceptional
study. David Cordingly is the editor of A General History of the
Robberies & Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates. He was on
the staff of the National Maritime Museum in London for twelve years.
He organized multiple exhibitions, including "Pirates: Fact &
Fiction." Cordingly graduated from Oxford University, where he studied
modern history, and received his doctorate from the University of
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We hear the terms "steer clear of,"
"hit the deck," "don’t rock the boat," and to "harbor a
grudge" and give little thought to their origin. Left together on ships
for months, and often for years, pirate crews developed expressions
that made their way into common usage. Terms for things related to life
at sea became idioms used by land lubbers, a term derived from the
holes in the platforms surrounding the mast that allowed sailors to
avoid climbing the rigging around the platforms. A lubber was someone
who was very clumsy, so a land lubber is someone who knows nothing
about sailing and rigging.
Centuries ago, men wore wigs of
length denoting their wealth and importance. Soon, many naval captains,
including Sir Henry Morgan and Captain Chaloner Ogle, who killed Black
Bart Roberts, began to adopt the style. A law was passed in England
declaring that only nobility, judges, and bishops could wear
full-length wigs and so was born the term bigwig.
Reading
through these words and phrases is an abbreviated trip through history,
with lists of major naval mutinies, a summary of the slave trade, and
even jokes. This dictionary is written to be entertaining as well as
informative, to give a flavor of the interesting times from the
fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries when pirates controlled many sea
lanes. It also contains a treasure trove of factual information about
life aboard the ship, important pirate haunts, and technical terms.
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