Interessante Einführung in die historische Welt der Piraten und Privatees

One of the best books I have read.

Curious thing, when I was in high school I hated everything about the Colonial Era, but now I'm just passionate about it. And man, pirates are so cool. This book gives you an idea of how was things like in that time. Golden Age of Piracy/Exploration.

So much useful information, specially for someone from Brazil, a colony of Europe. It was very interesting to read some letters from pirates describing how our coastline were...

It gives you an idead of the day-to-day on board on the ships, and the strategies used at the time. I never imagined that pirates changed ships so often...

I read it thanks to the University Library, but I plan to buy it, just to have it and read it again some day.

Excellent journalism. Please be advised this is original source material, written in 1724. Apparently they only used periods at the end of paragraphs then, the longest run-on sentences you have ever seen. Ascribed to Captain Charles Johnson but some old scholarship has decided it was really Daniel Defoe. Thats interesting but clearly whomever was the author, they were present at their trials and executions in England. Well researched, the author attempts to catalogue all the know pirates of Africa, Eastcoast of US, and Caribbean. Do not buy this if you want to read a novel or good yarn. But some of the graphic details of pirate activities will shock you. Includes a couple female pirates who had to pass as males.

Lo dejé de leer por tener otras lecturas más interesantes,

Every story is so interesting you could shoot a movie based on it.

A must read for all pirate lovers.

Nota 7
Es interesante leer aunque un poco repetitivo. LAs historias son similares y es un libro de historia no una novela lo que hace que sea un poco más pesado de leer.
Lo he dejado al 31% del libro

Curioso.

This book made my mind travel. It's the ultimate pirate dictionary.

An interesting read, and clearly shows where Defoe got some of the ideas for Robinson Crusoe. Fairly brief coverage of each pirate that it deals with, and not necessarily in chronological order, which can make it a bit confusing.

In one word, this book was cool.

If you're into history, then this book with its antiquated language and fabulous descriptions is a MUST. The copying of the original is dodgy in places,with the ends of some words missing - which is shame, but all up this is a 'meaty' read and one well worth your effort. If you want to read about the real pirates of the Americas by an author who lived in the day, give this a go. You'll be better off for it.

Interesting topic. Wish I understood more. Old English and unexplained nautical language make it difficult to follow. It's amazing that they have so much recorded detail about events over 300 years ago on the open seas.