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Pirate hunting : the fight against pirates, privateers, and sea raiders from antiquity to the present /

To catch a predator-on the high seas.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Little, Benerson, 1959-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, ©2010.
Edición:1st ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Of black flags and bloody banners: The pursuit of pirates and privateers
  • Heroes of the fantastic: Pirate hunting in the Age of the Iliad
  • In the Age of Ancient Empires: Pirate hunting in the Mediterranean, 1450-700 BC
  • Of laurel leaves and pirate princes: Pirate hunting in the Mediterranean, 700 BC-AD 476
  • The scourge from the North: Standing against the Norsemen, 780-1066
  • A sea roving free-for-all: In the Age of Ancient Empires: Pirate hunting in the Northern Seas, 1066-1492
  • Of faith, galleys, and greed: Defeating the Mediterranean Corsairs, 476-1492
  • Spanish galleons and Portuguese carracks: Plunderers fighting plunderers, 1492-1654
  • Of blind eyes and opportunity: An introduction to the "Golden Age," 1655-1725
  • The real pirates of the Caribbean: Pirate hunting in the "Golden Age," 1655-1725
  • From the Mediterranean to the North Sea: The War against pirates and corsairs, 1493-1830
  • Of frigates and cruisers: In pursuit of the commerce raiders, 1688-1865
  • Pirates, Rebels, and warriors: Pirate hunting in the East, 694 BC-AD 1896
  • Death from beneath the waves: Combating the submarine menace, 1914-1945
  • Ships, SEALs, and satellites: The return of the pirate hunters.