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| Titre : | Pirate Hunter of the Caribbean |
| Auteurs : | David Cordingly |
| Type de document : | document électronique |
| Editeur : | [S.l.] : Random House, 2011 |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-679-64421-7 |
| Résumé : |
From David Cordingly, one of the worldÔÇÖs foremost experts on pirate history, and author of the perennial favorite *Under the Black Flag*, comes the thrilling story of the man who fought the real pirates of the Caribbean. Sea captain, privateer, and colonial governor, Woodes Rogers was one of the early eighteenth centuryÔÇÖs boldest and most colorful characters. *Pirate Hunter of the Caribbean* is the definitive account of his incredible life. At a time when EuropeÔÇÖs maritime nations fought over islands and territories, and pirates and other scoundrels were flourishing, Rogers sailed into the center of the action. In 1708, in the midst of BritainÔÇÖs war with Spain, Rogers was hired to lead a mission against Spanish targets in the Pacific. A fearless adventurer who lost his fortune as often as his temper, he battled scurvy and hurricanes and mutiniesÔÇöand along the way captured a treasure galleon and rescued the shipwrecked Alexander Selkirk, whose four-year ordeal on a remote Pacific island inspired Daniel Defoe to write *Robinson Crusoe*. When the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 led to an explosion of piracy in the Caribbean, King George I appointed Rogers governor of the Bahamas. There he found himself in charge of a string of islands being plundered by raucous felons, from the notorious ÔÇ£Blackbeard,ÔÇØ who kept lit matches under his hat to give himself a hellish cast, to Charles Vane, a particularly brutal pirate captain, to Anne Bonny and Mary Read, rare female pirates who escaped the hangmanÔÇÖs noose only by revealing their pregnancies. With rich and vivid details and plenty of action, David Cordingly chronicles a rollicking adventure that is as fascinating and gripping as any seafaring legend. *From the Hardcover edition.* |
