The History of Piracy

• Main Author: Gosse, Philip, 1879-1959
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Longmans, Green and co 1932
• Subjects: Pirates; Newfoundland studies
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns2/id/125321

The History of Piracy The Barbary Corsairs. Pirates in general -- The Barbarossas -- The successors of Barbarossa -- The seventeenth century -- Slavery and redemption -- The pirates of the north. The Vikings and Hanseatics -- The early English pirates -- The Elizabethan Corsairs -- The Jacobean pirates -- The pirates of the west. The buccaneers -- The pirates of North America -- The nineteenth century -- The pirates of the east. The African coast -- The pirates of Malabar -- The pirate coast -- Japan and China -- The Malay archipelago -- Epilogue. The end of the pirates Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-332) and index