Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea
by Charles H. L. Johnston
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About this eBook
- Author
- Johnston, Charles H. L. (Charles Haven Ladd), 1877-1943
- Title
- Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure
- Credits
- Produced by K Nordquist, Sam W. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- D: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere
- Subject
- Privateering
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 26960
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26960
- Release Date
- October 19, 2008
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Famous Privateersmen AND ADVENTURERS OF THE SEA
- 2.CHARLES H. L. JOHNSTON
- 3.PREFACE
- 4.CONTENTS
- 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 6.CARLO ZENO HERO OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC (1344-1418)
- 7.HARKEE, BOYS!
- 8.SIR FRANCIS DRAKE ROVER AND SEA RANGER (1540-1596)
- 9.SEA IRONY
- 10.SIR WALTER RALEIGH PERSECUTOR OF THE SPANIARDS (1552-1618)
- 11.THE VANISHED SAILORS
- 12.JEAN BART THE SCOURGE OF THE DUTCH (1650-1702)
- 13.DU GUAY-TROUIN THE GREAT FRENCH “BLUE” (1673-1736)
- 14.EDWARD ENGLAND TERROR OF THE SOUTH SEAS (1690?- about 1725)
- 15.SONG OF THE PIRATE
- 16.WOODES ROGERS THE BRISTOL MARINER (?-1736)
- 17.TWILIGHT AT SEA
- 18.FORTUNATUS WRIGHT THE MOST HATED PRIVATEERSMAN OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA (1715-1765)
- 19.THE DEEP
- 20.GEORGE WALKER WINNER OF THE GAMEST SEA FIGHT OF THE ENGLISH CHANNEL (1727-1777)
- 21.BIVOUAC OF THE DEAD
- 22.JOHN PAUL JONES THE FOUNDER OF THE AMERICAN NAVY (1747-1792)
- 23.THE ESCAPE
- 24.CAPTAIN SILAS TALBOT STAUNCH PRIVATEERSMAN OF NEW ENGLAND (1751-1813) — FOOTNOTE:
- 25.CAPTAIN “JOSH” BARNEY THE IRREPRESSIBLE YANKEE (1759-1818)
- 26.THE DERELICT
- 27.ROBERT SURCOUF THE “SEA HOUND” FROM ST. MALO (1773-1827)
- 28.THE CRY FROM THE SHORE
- 29.LAFITTE PRIVATEER, PIRATE, AND TERROR OF THE GULF OF MEXICO (1780-1826)
- 30.THE PIRATE’S LAMENT
- 31.THE MEN BEHIND THE GUNS
- 32.RAPHAEL SEMMES DESPOILER OF AMERICAN COMMERCE (1809-1877)
- 33.EL CAPITAN
- 34.RETROSPECT
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