Visions of cartoon characters dancing around a cauldron with an explorer tied inside.
Balboa gazing on the Pacific Ocean. De Leon and the fountain of youth. Pizarro conquering the Incas. Henry Morgan, in red, drinking spiced rum. Smoke curling around Blackbeard as his cutlass slashes through the air. ... all children's tales that mean nothing.
Today, we do not know who any of these people were, how they came to do what they did, or why they did it. The struggle for power, freedom, and wealth that shaped the Caribbean for two and a half centuries has, since John Barrie created Peter Pan, been relegated to the same literary section as Barney the Dinosaur; yet, underneath the soil of the modern world, the roots are still there. I started pulling them up on St. Croix, and the roots led to more roots, and more. Islands connected, nations connected, and legends came to life.
Officially, St. Croix has flown seven flags over the last 500 years. Before the American flag and the Danebrog, the Spanish came for gold, the Dutch to trade, the English to raid, and the Knights of St. John to be in charge. The French built a colony only to watch it die of fever. During all of those years, Pirates, Conquistadors, Freebooters, Filibustiers, Corsairs, Buccaneers -whatever you call them- ruled the Caribbean and called St. Croix home, stealing at sea whether they had 'permission' to do so or not, and paying no attention at all to whatever European flag was flying.
It is time to recognize our eighth flag. It was black. This is the untold story of St. Croix and a Caribbean long forgotten.
Come. Sail with me.
Автор: Jones Wilmer L. Название: Behind Enemy Lines: Civil War Spies, Raiders, and Guerillas ISBN: 1630760862 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781630760861 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2682.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Frequently surprising, sometimes bloody, and always absorbing, Behind Enemy Lines offers up tales of espionage, hit-and-run raids, and guerrilla warfare. The book provides a new perspective on familiar aspects of Civil War history, including shadowy agents, women using their feminine wiles, unashamed looting, and vengeful crusades. Popular historian Wilmer L. Jones reveals that, by subverting the methods of traditional warfare, small and sometimes unorganized groups as well as intrepid spies, daring raiders, and mutinous guerrillas turned the tide of the Civil War far from the fronts of the now-legendary battlefields. Each of the three sections--spies, raiders, and Guerrillas--introduces riveting accounts of the often-overlooked heroes and heroines of unconventional warfare. Behind Enemy Lines spotlights such fabled infiltrators as Belle Boyd, Allen Pinkerton, and Timothy Webster. It also examines how the South, with its daring cavalry and constant struggle for supplies, resorted to sometimes brutal offensives led by men like Turner Ashby, John Mosby, and John Hunt Morgan. Finally, the gripping and detailed narrative peers into the bloody guerrilla warfare, spotlighting John Brown, William Clark Quantrill, and Bloody Bill Anderson, as well as the genesis of the James-Younger Gang. Civil war buffs, history lovers, and espionage enthusiasts will find this fascinating volume a welcome addition to their libraries.
Описание: Explores the cross-cultural relations that emerged when greedy marauders encountered local populations in various parts of the Spanish empire. Natives, as it turned out, played a crucial role in the outcome of many of those raids.
Автор: Angus Konstam Название: Buccaneers 1620–1700 ISBN: 1855329123 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781855329126 Издательство: Osprey Рейтинг: Цена: 2226.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In the 17th century, English, French and Dutch buccaneers launched a series of attacks on Spanish towns, ports and shipping. This volume details the buccaneer captains, such as Henry Morgan, the crews of their ships, how they recruited, and how they fought their battles on land and at sea.
Описание: This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. We havent used any OCR or photocopy to produce this book. The whole book has been typeset again to produce it without any errors or poor pictures and errant marks.
Автор: Esquemeling Название: The Buccaneers of America ISBN: 1108024815 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108024815 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 7286.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: John Esquemeling (c. 1645-1707) was a French barber-surgeon best remembered for this fascinating account of the buccaneer Henry Morgan`s exploits in the West Indies. Covering 1668-1674, this volume, reissued from the 1893 reprint, remains a valuable source for information on seventeenth-century piracy.
Автор: Burney Название: History of the Buccaneers of America ISBN: 1108025242 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108025249 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 4434.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Burney`s classic study of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century piracy in the West Indies, the Spanish Main and the South Seas was originally published in 1816. The buccaneers` wide-ranging activities were encouraged by the English and French governments because they were generally aimed at Spanish possessions.
Автор: Snow Edward Rowe Название: Pirates and Buccaneers of the Atlantic Coast ISBN: 1933212187 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781933212180 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2062.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Pirates and the treasures they buried were Edward Rowe Snow's favorite topics, and here he describes them with all the relish of a dedicated historian and master storyteller. You will learn of Captain Quelch, who brought gold to New England; Captain Phillips, whose head was pickled; Charles Gibbs, who was hanged at New York; and the husband and wife pirates of Nova Scotia. In tales ranging from the Canadian Maritimes to Florida, Snow also details the skullduggery of Captains Bellamy, Low, Kidd, Teach (alias Blackbeard), and many others.
Описание: This book takes a fresh look at English buccaneering and privateering literature from the Golden Age of Piracy and includes discussion of well-known figures such as Sir Henry Morgan as well as more obscure figures like Captain George Cusack.
Описание: This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. We have represented this book in the same form as it was first published. Hence any marks seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.
Автор: Knott, Richard C. Название: Black cat raiders of wwii ISBN: 1557504717 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781557504715 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 3818.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Thanks to the PBY's daring pilots and their effective tactics, the slow outdated Catalina patrol bombers became the scourge of Japanese shipping in the South Pacific during World War II. Painted black and hunting at night, the Black Cats, as they were called, are credited with sinking or disabling hundreds of thousands of tons of cargo vessels, troop transports, and warships. Curiously their exploits were known to few outside the naval aviation community until the publication of this book in 1981. This testimonial to their magnificent performance is told by an experienced flying boat pilot, who has pieced together the fascinating story from reminiscences of the men who flew the long, arduous missions and from official navy records. It is an inspiring tale of fearless men in machines ill-designed for combat who wreaked havoc on a dangerous and merciless adversary. Illustrated with more than sixty photographs and detailed line drawings, it is a book to be savored by those who like their adventure stories to ring true.
Автор: Freeman Darren Название: The American Natives: Still Marching on the Trail of Tears ISBN: 0999261983 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780999261989 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 1101.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
Darren Freeman is an American writer, and has published three other books, "Need to Kill," "Darkest Hour," and "TRUMP-All The King's Men. This new book is more of a personal manuscript. Mr. Freeman Ancestry is that of an Native American Indian, and he wanted to shed light into the dark areas of the Native American Indian Reservations, and the struggles that are still there.This Book Chronicles the Lack of Treatment and Care the Federal Government has shown to the Native American Indian. It also illustrates the severe and harsh punishment(s) that are given to the Native American Indians from being governed by Federal Law, and through the Federal Court System.
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