Pirates and Privateers from Long Island Sound to Delaware Bay

Illicit commerce was key to the survival of the mid-Atlantic colonies from the Golden Age of piracy to the battles of the American Revolution.Out of this exciting time came beloved villains like Captain William Kidd and Black Sam Bellamy as well as inspiring locals like Captain Shelley and James Forten. Learn of the legend of Sadie the Goat and her Charlton Street Gang as piracy was ending in the region in the 19th century. From the shores of New York to the oceans of the East Indies, from Delaware Bay to the islands of the West Indies, author Jamie L.H. Goodall illuminates the height of piratical depredations in the mid-Atlantic in the 17th and 18th centuries.

ISBN:	9781467148276
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing
Imprint:	The History Press
Published date:	16 May 2022
DEWEY:	364.1640974
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	128
Weight:	20g
Height:	229mm
Width:	152mm
Spine width:	8mm

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