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Real pirates : the untold story of the Whydah from slave ship to pirate ship / by Barry Clifford and Kenneth J. Kinkor with Sharon Simpson; photography by Kenneth Garrett.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clifford, Barry.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Whidah (Ship).
- Pirates--Caribbean Area--History--18th century.
- Pirates.
- Buccaneers--History--18th century.
- Buccaneers.
- Slave trade--Africa--History.
- Slave trade.
- Shipwrecks.
- History.
- Africa.
- Pirates--History.
- Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod.
- Massachusetts--Cape Cod.
- Caribbean Area.
- Physical Description:
- 175 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Untold story of the Whydah from slave ship to pirate ship
- Place of Publication:
- Washingon, D.C. : National Geographic, [2007]
- Summary:
- Explores the role of the Whydah in the slave trade and discusses how it came to be a pirate ship, providing evidence of what life was like for pirates in the Caribbean Area in the 18th century through artifiacts found on the wrecks of pirate ships.
- Notes:
- "National Geographic official companion book to the exhibition"--Cover.
- Includes bibliographical references (page 174).
- ISBN:
- 9781426202629
- 1426202628
- OCLC:
- 180193971
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