2008, ISBN: 9780547415758

Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), An entrancing tale of piracy colored with gold, treachery an… Más…

Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), An entrancing tale of piracy colored with gold, treachery and double-dealing (Portland Press Herald), Pulitzer Prize-finalist Colin Woodward's The Republic of Pirates is the historical biography of the exploits of infamous Caribbean buccaneers. In the early eighteenth century, the Pirate Republic was home to some of the great pirate captains, including Edward &quote;Blackbeard&quote; Teach, &quote;Black Sam&quote; Bellamy, and Charles Vane. Along with their fellow pirates former sailors, indentured servants, and runaway slaves this &quote;Flying Gang&quote; established a crude but distinctive democracy in the Bahamas, carving out their own zone of freedom in which servants were free, blacks could be equal citizens, and leaders were chosen or deposed by a vote. They cut off trade routes, sacked slave ships, and severed Europe from its New World empires. For a brief, glorious period the Republic was a success as the pirates became heroes in the eyes of the people.Drawing on extensive research in the archives of Britain and the Americas, award-winning author Colin Woodard tells the dramatic untold story of the Pirate Republic that shook the very foundations of the British and Spanish Empires and fanned the democratic sentiments that would one day drive the American revolution. [PU: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt], Seiten: 400, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2008<

ISBN: 9780547415758

An entrancing tale of piracy colored with gold, treachery and double-dealing (Portland Press Herald), Pulitzer Prize-finalist Colin Woodward's The Republic of Pirates is the historical bi… Más…

An entrancing tale of piracy colored with gold, treachery and double-dealing (Portland Press Herald), Pulitzer Prize-finalist Colin Woodward's The Republic of Pirates is the historical biography of the exploits of infamous Caribbean buccaneers. In the early eighteenth century, the Pirate Republic was home to some of the great pirate captains, including Edward "Blackbeard" Teach, "Black Sam" Bellamy, and Charles Vane. Along with their fellow pirates â?? former sailors, indentured servants, and runaway slaves â?? this "Flying Gang" established a crude but distinctive democracy in the Bahamas, carving out their own zone of freedom in which servants were free, blacks could be equal citizens, and leaders were chosen or deposed by a vote. They cut off trade routes, sacked slave ships, and severed Europe from its New World empires. For a brief, glorious period the Republic was a success as the pirates became heroes in the eyes of the people. Drawing on extensive research in the archives of Britain and the Americas, award-winning author Colin Woodard tells the dramatic untold story of the Pirate Republic that shook the very foundations of the British and Spanish Empires and fanned the democratic sentiments that would one day drive the American revolution. History, eBooks.com<

ISBN: 9780547415758

The Republic of Pirates features the 18th-century pirates Edward ';Blackbeard' Teach and ';Black Sam' Bellamy, both of whom rose from Englands underclass to become wealthy, notorious, and… Más…

The Republic of Pirates features the 18th-century pirates Edward ';Blackbeard' Teach and ';Black Sam' Bellamy, both of whom rose from Englands underclass to become wealthy, notorious, and enormously powerful. Along with their associates in the Bahamas-based Flying Gang, Teach and Bellamy banded together to form a pirate cooperative, culminating in a form of government in which blacks were equal citizens, the rich were imprisoned, and a sailor could veto his captain by egalitarian means. For a brief, glorious period they were astoundingly successful, and so disruptive to shipping that the governors of Jamaica, Virginia, Bermuda, and the Carolinas all began clamoring for intervention. One man volunteered to take on the pirates--a man named Woodes Rogers, once a privateer himself and now the owner of a merchant fleet. Rogers vowed he would not rest until he had destroyed Teach and Bellamy. Here is the true story of the rise and fall of the Republic of Pirates.; PDF; History & Transport > Humamities > Regional & national history > History of the Americas, Bloomsbury Publishing<

ISBN: 9780547415758

 The untold story of a heroic band of Caribbean pirates whose defiance of imperial rule inspired revolt in colonial outposts across the worldIn the early eighteenth century, the Pira… Más…

 The untold story of a heroic band of Caribbean pirates whose defiance of imperial rule inspired revolt in colonial outposts across the worldIn the early eighteenth century, the Pirate Republic was home to some of the great pirate captains, including Blackbeard, Black Sam Bellamy, and Charles Vane. Along with their fellow pirates—former sailors, indentured servants, and runaway slaves—this Flying Gang established a crude but distinctive democracy in the Bahamas, carving out their own zone of freedom in which servants were free, blacks could be equal citizens, and leaders were chosen or deposed by a vote. They cut off trade routes, sacked slave ships, and severed Europe from its New World empires, and for a brief, glorious period the Republic was a success. Digital Content>E-books>Biography>Historical Biog,Memoir>Hist Biog,Memoir, HMH Books Digital >16<

ISBN: 9780547415758

The Republic of Pirates is award-winning journalist Colin Woodward's historical biography of Edward â??Blackbeardâ? Teach and â??Black Samâ? Bellamy, and their exploits in the Caribbean… Más…

The Republic of Pirates is award-winning journalist Colin Woodward's historical biography of Edward â??Blackbeardâ? Teach and â??Black Samâ? Bellamy, and their exploits in the Caribbean. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY,Adventurers & Explorers, eBooks.com<