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Author | : Theodore Corbett |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 173 |
Release | : 2012-08-21 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1614236534 |
Download St. Augustine Pirates and Privateers Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Entrenched on Florida's Atlantic Coast since the sixteenth century, the Spanish presidio of St. Augustine was a prime target for piracy. For the colonial governors of Great Britain, France and Spain, privateering--and its rogue form, piracy--was a type of warfare used to enhance the limited resources of their colonies. While the citizens of St. Augustine were victims of this guerrilla war, they also struck back at their enemies using privateers such as Francisco Menendez, whose attacks on British ships strengthened his reputation and sustained the city. Historian Theodore Corbett recounts this dark and turbulent history, from the first sacking of the city by Francis Drake, through the pirate raids of the 1680s to the height of St. Augustine's privateering in the eighteenth century.
Author | : Fred Tutwiler |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 2019-07 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781098579104 |
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The bloody birth and history of St. Augustine
Author | : K. Lee |
Publisher | : Betsy S Lee |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 2014-12-06 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780692339480 |
Download Andrew Ranson: St Augustine's Pirate Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
When his mother, the duchess, dies in childbirth, Andrew Ranson is abandoned by his father, the Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, who provides the black wet nurse funds to raise him as her own in Jamaica. After he goes to sea, Andrew learns of his heritage and collides with his father's upper-class world in England and America. While a captive in Spanish St. Augustine, Andrew saves the town from the 1702 invasion by English forces from Carolina. Andrew Ranson: St. Augustine's Pirate intertwines international intrigue as European powers battle for control of Florida and its all-important shipping lanes. Lust, piracy, financial ruin, and unrequited love also play their part in behind-the-scene views of events that established America, including the purchase of Mt. Vernon by the father of George Washington. Andrew Ranson: St. Augustine's Pirate received a medallion for being one of the ten historical fiction finalists in the Florida Writers Association's 2014 Royal Palm Literary Awards.
Author | : Skadi Meic Beorh |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2011-03 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781434430779 |
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Being a Most Reliable Account of Certain Daring Acts & Adventures of the World's Most Dreaded Ocean Craft, & Being Also a Certain Window of Tyme Wherethrough the Reader May Peer in Upon the Quaint Village of San Agustin de la Pascua Florida as She Yet Lay in Her Infancy...
Author | : Pat Croce |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2011-04 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780972946377 |
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Author | : Ann Colby |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 126 |
Release | : 2020-02-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1439669015 |
Download Wicked St. Augustine Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
When Pedro Menéndez de Avilés founded St. Augustine in 1565, his New World survival kit included gambling, liquor and ladies for hire. For the next four hundred years, these three industries were vital in keeping the city financially afloat. With the cooperation of law enforcement and politicians, St. Augustine's madams, bootleggers and high-rollers created a veritable Riviera where tourists, especially the wealthy, could indulge in almost every vice and still bring the family along for a wholesome vacation picking oranges and gawking at alligators. Join historian Ann Colby's tour of spots not on the standard tourist map to discover hidden-in-plain-sight bordellos, speakeasies, casinos and the occasional opium den.
Author | : Laura Sook Duncombe |
Publisher | : Chicago Review Press |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 2017-04-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1613736045 |
Download Pirate Women Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In the first-ever Seven Seas history of the world's female buccaneers, Pirate Women: The Princesses, Prostitutes, and Privateers Who Ruled the Seven Seas tells the story of women, both real and legendary, who through the ages sailed alongside—and sometimes in command of—their male counterparts. These women came from all walks of life but had one thing in common: a desire for freedom. History has largely ignored these female swashbucklers, until now. Here are their stories, from ancient Norse princess Alfhild and warrior Rusla to Sayyida al-Hurra of the Barbary corsairs; from Grace O'Malley, who terrorized shipping operations around the British Isles during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I; to Cheng I Sao, who commanded a fleet of four hundred ships off China in the early nineteenth century. Author Laura Sook Duncombe also looks beyond the stories to the storytellers and mythmakers. What biases and agendas motivated them? What did they leave out? Pirate Women explores why and how these stories are told and passed down, and how history changes depending on who is recording it. It's the most comprehensive overview of women pirates in one volume and chock-full of swashbuckling adventures that pull these unique women from the shadows into the spotlight that they deserve.
Author | : Drew Sappington |
Publisher | : History Press Library Editions |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 2011-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781540205766 |
Download Hidden History of St. Augustine Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
With St. Augustine s 450th anniversary comes this new collection of seldom-heard stories from the Ancient City s past. Discover how a single guard boat thwarted a pirate fleet attack with a diversionary fife-and-drum performance and how the mere act of a Spanish ship captain lopping off the ear of a British merchant sparked the War of Jenkins Ear. From Spanish dons to barking Methodists and all the outrageous characters in between, master storyteller Drew Sappington entertains as he puts the story back in history through this fast and funny tour of Florida s hidden past."
Author | : Alexander O. Exquemelin |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 2012-12-27 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 0486138690 |
Download The Buccaneers of America Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Fascinating chronicle of the bands of plundering sea rovers who roamed the Caribbean and coastlines of Central America in the 17th century. Includes exploits of the infamous Henry Morgan and his burning of Panama City.
Author | : Nigel Cawthorne |
Publisher | : Arcturus Publishing |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2003-09-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1848584962 |
Download A History of Pirates Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The modern image of the pirate is derived from Captain Charles Johnson's accounts of the cut-throats who sailed under the Jolly Roger. It was he who gave mythical status to the likes of Blackbeard and Captain Kidd. Using contemporary sources, Nigel Cawthorne now turns the spotlight on the reality of pirate life, revealing the truth behind the legends. It gives us an insight into the men - and women - their weapons, their ships, their unhappy victims and their hide-outs, including the capital city of the pirate 'empire', Port Royal in Jamaica - known as the 'wickedest city in the world'.