Crimson Waters: True Tales of Adventure. Looting, Kidnapping, Torture, and Piracy on the High Seas Mann Don
A New York Times bestsellling author separates history from myth from the Pharaohs to Blackbeard and Captain Kidd to today.Soon after the first maritime trade routes became operational, seafaring…
Specifikacia Crimson Waters: True Tales of Adventure. Looting, Kidnapping, Torture, and Piracy on the High Seas Mann Don
A New York Times bestsellling author separates history from myth from the Pharaohs to Blackbeard and Captain Kidd to today.Soon after the first maritime trade routes became operational, seafaring bandits appeared to prey upon the cargo, crews, and ships of others. Crimson Waters traces the history of piracy around the globe, stretching back from its roots in 2500 BCE, through the Golden Age of Piracy in the 17th and 18th centuries, and up to the modern-day pirates who still threaten boats along coastlines and on the open seas.This journey through history includes:Evidence of "Sea People" during the reigns of Egyptian PharaohsThe raids and pillaging of seafaring VikingsThe tales of Blackbeard, the Barbarossa Brothers, Calico Jack, Captain Kidd, Sir Francis Drake, and Madam ChengA historical account of the real