Pirate hunting : the fight against pirates, privateers, and sea raiders from antiquity to the present / Benerson Little.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Little, Benerson, 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pirates--History.

Pirates.

History.

Piracy--History.

Piracy.

Physical Description:

xv, 357 pages 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, [2010]

Contents:

Of black flags and bloody banners: The pursuit of pirates and privateers

Heroes of the fantastic: Pirate hunting in the Age of the Iliad

In the Age of Ancient Empires: Pirate hunting in the Mediterranean, 1450-700 BC

Of laurel leaves and pirate princes: Pirate hunting in the Mediterranean, 700 BC-AD 476

The scourge from the North: Standing against the Norsemen, 780-1066

A sea roving free-for-all: In the Age of Ancient Empires: Pirate hunting in the Northern Seas, 1066-1492

Of faith, galleys, and greed: Defeating the Mediterranean Corsairs, 476-1492

Spanish galleons and Portuguese carracks: Plunderers fighting plunderers, 1492-1654

Of blind eyes and opportunity: An introduction to the "Golden Age," 1655-1725

The real pirates of the Caribbean: Pirate hunting in the "Golden Age," 1655-1725

From the Mediterranean to the North Sea: The War against pirates and corsairs, 1493-1830

Of frigates and cruisers: In pursuit of the commerce raiders, 1688-1865

Pirates, Rebels, and warriors: Pirate hunting in the East, 694 BC-AD 1896

Death from beneath the waves: Combating the submarine menace, 1914-1945

Ships, SEALs, and satellites: The return of the pirate hunters.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-342) and index.

ISBN:

9781597972918

1597972916

OCLC:

428644066

Publisher Number:

99940145222