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Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea

By Charles Haven Ladd Johnston

2019-02-01 22:46:10

Of sea fighters there have been many: the pirate, the fillibusterer, the man-of-warsman, and the privateer. The first was primarily a ruffian and, secondarily, a brute, although now and again there were pirates who shone by contrast only. The fillibu ... Read more
Of sea fighters there have been many: the pirate, the fillibusterer, the man-of-warsman, and the privateer. The first was primarily a ruffian and, secondarily, a brute, although now and again there were pirates who shone by contrast only. The fillibusterer was also engaged in lawless fighting on the sea and to this service were attracted the more daring and adventurous souls who swarmed about the shipping ports in search of employment and pelf. Less

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File size1363.443 KB
Print pages224
PublisherPublic Domain Book
LanguageEnglish
ISBN1406829692
Charles Haven Ladd Johnston (1878 - 1943) was an 1899 graduate of Harvard, lecturer on military history at M.I.T., and prolific author of many books on the American West, such as “Custer’s Last St...

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