Pirate Hunting: The Fight Against Pirates, Privateers, and Sea Raiders from Antiquity to the Present Little BenersonPevná vazba
Pirate Hunting: The Fight Against Pirates, Privateers, and Sea Raiders from Antiquity to the Present Little BenersonPevná vazba For thousands of years pirates, privateers, and seafaring raiders have…
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Pirate Hunting: The Fight Against Pirates, Privateers, and Sea Raiders from Antiquity to the Present Little BenersonPevná vazba
For thousands of years pirates, privateers, and seafaring raiders have terrorized the ocean voyager and coastal inhabitant, plundering ship and shore with impunity. Engaging and meticulously detailed, Pirate Hunting chronicles the fight against these plunderers from ancient times to the present and illustrates the array of tactics and strategies that individuals and governments have employed to secure the seas. From the victim's point of view, these attackers were not the rebellious, romantic rulers of Neptune's realm, but savage beasts to be eradicated, and those who went to sea to stop them were heroes.
He also introduces associated naval warfare; maritime commerce and Benerson Little lends further dimension to this unending battle by including the history of piracy and privateering, ranging from the Mycenaean rovers to the modern pirates of Somalia.