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Pirate’s Library |
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Welcome to the Pirate’s Library Main Page! We have two sections for your reading pleasure:
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While the many passages above may appear in Quest for Blackbeard, the history and genealogies of all known pirates will be explored in similar depth in Brooks’ Dictionary of Pyrate Biography, to be published later this year! Brooks has over 35 years of experience in genealogical research, has worked as a professional genealogist, and lately studied in the Maritime Studies Program at East Carolina University.
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Sailing East: West-Indian Pirates in Madagascar
Five West-Indian pirates attempt to recapture 17th-century pirate glory on the East-Indian isle of Madagascar. Edward England, Edward Congdon, Olivier LeVasseur, and Richard Taylor sail to Madagascar in 1720 and join with Jasper Seager to make havoc against the East-Indian Company. These are the stories of their misadventures and lives. Some lived opulently - some died horrible deaths. They met Dutch, French, Portuguese, Spanish, and the native Betsimisaraka with whom they shared their short lives. They also captured a Portuguese Viceroy, the Fort at Delagoa, East-India Company officials, including an angry Scottish captain, and traded with a Royal Navy Commodore intent upon an illicit trade in gold and jewels! |
