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Cordingly, David.
Pirate hunter of the Caribbean
[HC] :
the adventurous life of Captain Woodes Rogers /
David Cordingly.
1st U.S. ed.
New York :
Random House,
2011.
x, 301 p. :
ill. (some col.), maps ;
25 cm.
"Originally published in the United Kingdom as Spanish gold by Bloomsbury Publishing, London"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-287) and index.
Prologue -- Raiding the South Seas -- The sea captain -- From Bristol to Cape Horn -- A man clothed in goat-skins -- The Manila galleons -- The voyagers return -- Sugar, slaves and sunken treasure -- Governor of the Bahamas -- Welcome to Nassau -- Hanged on the waterfront -- Blackbeard's last stand -- Calico Jack and the female pirates -- Great debts and bills -- Death on the coast of Guinea -- Back to the Bahamas -- Epilogue.
20220110.
Rogers, Woodes,
-1732.
Privateering .
Voyages around the world.
Pirates.
Latin America
Description and travel.
Bahamas
History.