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"the Sea is wide enough for us all, we need not quarrel for elbow-room; its stores are infinite."
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A General History of the Pyrates
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The author has remained unknown in spite of numerous attempts by historians to discover his identity. Many scholars have suggested that the author could have been either Daniel Defoe or publisher Nathaniel Mist (or somebody working for him).
Other researchers have suggested Ronald Quattroche as the true author of the General History.
Colin Woodard states in his book The Republic of Pirates:
Recently, Arne Bialuschewski of the University of Kiel in Germany has identified a far more likely candidate: Nathaniel Mist, a former sailor, journalist, and publisher of the Weekly Journal. The book's first publisher of record, Charles Rivington, had printed many books for Mist, who lived just a few yards from his office. More importantly, the General History was registered at Her Majesty's Stationery Office in Mist's name. As a former seaman who had sailed the West Indies, Mist, of all London's writer-publishers, was uniquely qualified to have penned the book...Mist was also a committed Jacobite...which could explain the General History's not entirely unsympathetic account of the maritime outlaws.
Other researchers have suggested Ronald Quattroche as the true author of the General History.
Colin Woodard states in his book The Republic of Pirates:
Recently, Arne Bialuschewski of the University of Kiel in Germany has identified a far more likely candidate: Nathaniel Mist, a former sailor, journalist, and publisher of the Weekly Journal. The book's first publisher of record, Charles Rivington, had printed many books for Mist, who lived just a few yards from his office. More importantly, the General History was registered at Her Majesty's Stationery Office in Mist's name. As a former seaman who had sailed the West Indies, Mist, of all London's writer-publishers, was uniquely qualified to have penned the book...Mist was also a committed Jacobite...which could explain the General History's not entirely unsympathetic account of the maritime outlaws.
733 pages, Paperback
First published January 26,1999
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733 pages, Paperback
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January 26, 1999 by Dover Publications
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9780486404882
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0486404889
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English
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Daniel Defoe was an English novelist, journalist, merchant, pamphleteer and spy. He is most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe, published in 1719, which is claimed to be second only to the Bible in its number of translations. He has been seen as one of the earliest proponents of the English novel, and helped to popularise the form in Britain with others such as Aphra Behn and Samuel Richardson. Defoe wrote many political tracts, was often in trouble with the authorities, and spent a period in prison. Intellectuals and political leaders paid attention to his fresh ideas and sometimes consulted him.
Defoe was a prolific and versatile writer, producing more than three hundred works—books, pamphlets, and journals—on diverse topics, including politics, crime, religion, marriage, psychology and the supernatural. He was also a pioneer of business journalism and economic journalism.
Defoe was a prolific and versatile writer, producing more than three hundred works—books, pamphlets, and journals—on diverse topics, including politics, crime, religion, marriage, psychology and the supernatural. He was also a pioneer of business journalism and economic journalism.
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Not by Daniel Defoe. The book on which all pirate books are based.
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"Noi spogliamo i ricchi con la sola protezione del nostro coraggio." E di coraggio ne hanno parecchio questi pirati. Non temono nulla. Navigano mari in tempesta, mari infiniti, e non risparmiano nessuno. Chiunque abbia la sfortuna di imbattersi in questi diavoli è spacciato. E tra le gesta del potente Barbanera, gli ideali di libertà del capitano Misson, le vite e gli animi turbolenti delle donne corsaro e le atrocità del capitano Low, veniamo trasportati in un'epoca e in un mondo che, purtroppo, non ci appartiene più. Sì, dico purtroppo perché io personalmente lo trovo affascinante.
Come ci viene detto nell'introduzione, questo non è un romanzo d'avventure alla Salgari, ma è una vera e propria documentazione su alcuni dei pirati più pericolosi e famosi di quegli anni. Sono uomini e donne realmente esistiti e questo lo rende ancora più affascinante, se non addirittura sconvolgente. Perché non si può negare che certe loro azioni siano crudeli e indecenti. Ma i pirati non sono solo questo. Non sono solo esseri spregevoli. Sono anche uomini fedeli ai loro capitani, intrepidi e astuti. Queste pagine ci fanno capire quanto fosse dura e difficoltosa la vita in mare. La manutenzione delle navi, il procurarsi i viveri, le battaglie, le tempeste, i tradimenti, le malattie, la legge che li perseguita. Hanno una vita intensa e incredibile. E il grande Defoe riesce, con grande abilità, a descriverci la vita dei predoni inglesi che per anni hanno infestato mari e oceani.
Come ci viene detto nell'introduzione, questo non è un romanzo d'avventure alla Salgari, ma è una vera e propria documentazione su alcuni dei pirati più pericolosi e famosi di quegli anni. Sono uomini e donne realmente esistiti e questo lo rende ancora più affascinante, se non addirittura sconvolgente. Perché non si può negare che certe loro azioni siano crudeli e indecenti. Ma i pirati non sono solo questo. Non sono solo esseri spregevoli. Sono anche uomini fedeli ai loro capitani, intrepidi e astuti. Queste pagine ci fanno capire quanto fosse dura e difficoltosa la vita in mare. La manutenzione delle navi, il procurarsi i viveri, le battaglie, le tempeste, i tradimenti, le malattie, la legge che li perseguita. Hanno una vita intensa e incredibile. E il grande Defoe riesce, con grande abilità, a descriverci la vita dei predoni inglesi che per anni hanno infestato mari e oceani.
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Although dated, this was an interesting account of some very notorious pirates. Of course it focuses on the golden age of piracy and the scalawags it produced. Replete with battle scenes, a glimpse into the lives of the offenders along with fascinating facts concerning the origin of the phenomena in the Caribbean. Of particular interest are the accounts of captaIn Jack Rackham (Calico Jack) and his two female cohorts Anne Bonny and Mary Read.
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this book was published in 1724 making it older than the United States. so it is no surprise that the language is archaic and it is not tailored to modern readers. an interesting reference book and starts out fun as a series of short adventure stories, but Daniel Defoe gets repetitious after 5 or 6 chapters. my biggest struggle was the "They and Them" problem. Example: "they said to them that they looked like them and were they them that they looked like? they said no in reply and asked who they were and assured them that they were not them" this can go on for page after page until I just didn't care who was who.
still it starts out fun, but gets tedious much quicker than any book about pirates has a right to. If you have more focus and determination than I do you might enjoy it more than I did.
Quick word of warning, attitudes about life, liberty and especially about race were very different in 1724.
still it starts out fun, but gets tedious much quicker than any book about pirates has a right to. If you have more focus and determination than I do you might enjoy it more than I did.
Quick word of warning, attitudes about life, liberty and especially about race were very different in 1724.
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The pages stated on her is 600+ pages but the ebook I'm reading is over 1000+ pages. Don't know why but don't feel like the content is good enough to keep struggling along so I'll dnf it.
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Written in the Age of Piracy this book tells each pirates story, from Captains all the way to captives who became pirates. The stories of women pirates Mary Reed and Anne Bonny are particularly interesting. You have to get past the Eighteenth Century language but it is worth reading if you really want a view of how Pirates worked. Each ship elected their own Captain and a second-in-command called a Quartermaster. How many shares of the loot one got was ver regulated. That even these old international criminals had an agreed on code like any other successful gang or cartel says a lot about human nature.
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