Download or read book Pacific Coast Pirates and Spanish Galleons written by Dave Sandersfeld and published by . This book was released on 2010-09-21 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pirates of the Pacific 1575 1742 written by Peter Gerhard and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By 1540, piracy, with some encouragement from the English and French governments, was thriving in the Caribbean. Much has been written about the pirates who infested that bubbling cauldron, but very little about the hardiest of them all: the ones who crossed the jungles of Central America and sailed through the perilous Straits of Magellan or around Cape Horn to sack the ports of New Spain and capture the Spanish galleons loaded with riches. At least twenty-five expeditions of foreigners reached the Pacific shores of Central America or Mexico during the period covered by Peter Gerhard?s book?from 1575, when John Oxenham left England for those waters, to 1742, when Commodore George Anson sailed against the Spanish fleet in the War of Jenkins? Ear. Pirates of the Pacific brings to life Francis Drake and less civilized English privateers and smugglers, sea-roving Dutchmen like Black Anthony, buccaneers like Henry Morgan, and unnamed but no less vigorous pirates who suffered all manner of hardship for riches and generally died young and poor.
Download or read book Pirates of New Spain 1575 1742 written by Peter Gerhard and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-06-22 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captivating, well-documented study focuses on piracy among Spain's Pacific coast colonies, ranging from Panama to points north. Colorful narrative traces exploits of Elizabethan pirates, Dutch raiders, mercenary buccaneers, and English privateers and smugglers.
Download or read book Pirates on the West Coast of New Spain 1575 1742 written by Peter Gerhard and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Baja Legends written by Greg Niemann and published by Sunbelt Publications, Inc.. This book was released on 2002 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of Baja Fever shares his extensive knowledge of the peninsula, its colorful past and booming present, in this fascinating reference book. History, lore, and amazing stories make it a "must-have" for Bajaphiles as well as armchair travelers.
Download or read book On the Boulevard of Galleons written by Wallace B. Farrell and published by Paradise Cay Publications. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For 250 years, Spanish Galleons carried treasure from the Phillippines to New Spain. Breasting the trackless Pacific, the ships made landfall along Baja before running downwind to deliver their cargo to Acapulco. Awaiting the Spanish captains were the intrepid Pacific pirates. ON THE BOULEVARD OF GALLEONS is an adventure retracing the paths of those treasure ships and buccaneers.A lively mixture of history and folklore with a present day cruising narrative as the authors make their way down the west coast of Mexico.
Download or read book Buccaneers of the Pacific written by George Wycherley and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Pirate Ship 1660 1730 written by Angus Konstam and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-06-24 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The deeds and personalities of famous pirates have received significant attention in recent years: however, no detailed depiction of their vessels has ever been produced. This title redresses the imbalance, conducting a detailed exploration of the wide variety of pirate vessels that sailed the high seas during the 'golden age' of piracy (1690–1730), from gun-bristling warships to smaller craft such as sloops, brigantines and early schooners. It incorporates the latest archaeological evidence to produce a fascinating account of these vessels, detailing their origins, development and tactical engagement. Packed with contemporary illustrations and superbly detailed colour artwork, the ships of the 'golden age' are brought vividly to life.
Download or read book You Wouldn t Want to Be a Pirate s Prisoner written by John Malam and published by The Salariya Book Company. This book was released on 2021-02-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get ready… as the captain of a Spanish treasure ship sailing in the Spanish Main, you're about to get captured as a pirate's prisoner! Pirates have many ingenious tortures, and once they have got what they want from you, the best you can hope for is to be marooned on an island. This title in the best-selling children’s history series, You Wouldn't Want To…, features full-colour illustrations which combine humour and accurate technical detail and a narrative approach placing reaworld warders at the centre of the history, encouraging them to become emotionally-involved with the characters and aiding their understanding of what life would have been like as a pirate’s prisoner. Informative captions, a complete glossary and an index make this title an ideal introduction to the conventions of information books for young readers. It is an ideal text for Key Stage 2 shared and guided reading and helps achieve the goals of the Scottish Standard Curriculum 5-14.
Download or read book The Life of a Caribbean Pirate written by Ruth Owen and published by Weigl Publishers. This book was released on 2018-08-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is the year 1700. The Caribbean is a very dangerous place. Pirates sail the warm waters hunting for ships loaded with treasure. Armed with pistols and swords, the pirates are ruthless. They will stop at nothing to satisfy their greed for jewels, silver, and gold.
Download or read book Twenty Florida Pirates written by Kevin M. McCarthy and published by Pineapple Press Inc. This book was released on 1994 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty of the most notorious Florida pirates from the 1500s to the present. A lively read for adults and older children alike.
Download or read book Clipperton written by Elliott Tom Elliott and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2005-12 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about pirates and their treasure, and the islands visited in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Little has been known, or written, about these early day ships, and the scoundrels that sailed them. Pirates, of course, were known throughout the world in such places as the Caribbean, Atlantic shores of America, Mediterranean Sea, Africa, and Western Pacific, and much as been written about them, including many movies, but very little about the Pacific shores of New Spain, in North and South America.
Download or read book Challenging the Pacific Spanish Empire written by Elizabeth Del Pilar Montanez Sanabria and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation examines the impact of pirates in the Viceroyalty of Peru, the strongest Spanish presence in the Pacific Rim, between 1570 and 1750. I argue that pirates -as Spanish authorities named to all foreigner, mostly Protestant, who assaulted their possessions- were not merely a disrupting factor, as they frequently attacked populations and ships, but actors that undermined Spanish dominion by aligning with local population, including Indians and escaped black slaves, and opening the Pacific, known as the "Spanish Lake", to other nations. English and Dutch pirates focused their targets on Tierra Firme (the Isthmus of Panama) and the Strait of Magellan (modern-day Chile), as these were the natural 'locks' that protected the access to the South Sea, or Pacific Ocean. My dissertation proves that pirates opened the South Sea from the peripheries of the Viceroyalty of Peru, made it an international ocean by the eighteenth century, and challenged the Spanish right over the dominion of the sea. Through this analysis, I seek to contribute to the understanding of the complex phenomenon of piracy and its repercussions in the Spanish empire and the Viceroyalty of Peru, the understanding of the role of peripheries as spaces of negotiation and independence between local populations and outsiders, and the construction of this part of the Pacific as an extension of the Atlantic world.
Download or read book The Manila Acapulco Galleons the Treasure Ships of the Pacific written by Shirley Fish and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-05-18 with total page 553 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, the transpacific treasure galleons sailed annually from Manila to Acapulco. In Manila, the vessel was loaded with the scented spices of the East, luxurious silks from China, exquisite hand crafted lacquerware from Japan and a multitude of Oriental goods that the Spaniards of New Spain longed to own. The returning galleon from Acapulco to Manila, carried as much as 2.5 million silver pesos in payment of the goods sent to the New Spain in the previous year, as well as a yearly silver subsidy of 250,000 reales for the maintenance of the colonial government in the Philippines. But while the galleons mainly sailed alone and unaccompanied from Manila to Acapulco and vice versa, they were vulnerable to a host of calamities and misfortunes. A fire on board the vessel or a terrifying storm could end the voyage and the lives of every one on the ship even before the galleon was able to reach land. Additionally, the commanders of the galleons were always threatened by lurking pirates and privateers who preyed on the vessels and coveted the treasures they carried. The book describes in detail how the galleons were attacked at sea and how they fought against enemy vessels, as well as how many of the ships sank or were shipwrecked over the years. It also covers their management, construction, manning, weaponry, navigation, daily life on the ship, provisions, cargoes and voyages. The book contains an annotated list of the galleons sailing between the Philippines and Mexico from 1565 to 1815. This informative book is the first of its kind to cover such an expansive history of the Pacific galleons which up to this point had remained largely untold.
Download or read book Treasures of the Spanish Main written by John Christopher Fine and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2006-09-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a story about the lust for gold and treasure," Fine writes. In the 1600s and 1700s, Spain dominated the oceans with its fleet of galleons. Coming to the New World, these ships filled their holds with gold and silver and treasures beyond imagining. The seaway between Spain and the New World was dubbed The Golden Highway. On their journeys back across the seas, many were wrecked on reefs or destroyed by hurricanes. The watery depths now hold their treasures. Today, treasure divers seek their fortunes by attempting--sometimes successfully, sometimes fatally--to retrieve these hordes of riches. In Treasures of the Spanish Main, readers relive each voyage of long ago as well as witness the modern wreck diver's efforts to extract their secrets. Included are: The 1622 fleet * The Concepcion * The Maravillas * The Shipwreck off Jupiter Beach * The San Jose * the 1715 Fleet * and the 1733 Fleet The voyages of centuries ago come alive with Fine's excellent historical detail. Readers will experience the wild storms and the results of unfortunate choices made by long-ago sailors. The eccentric treasure hunters of today, along with those of the past, create a mosaic of suspense and drama on the high seas. A must for everyone interested in pirates, treasure, sailing, history, or just plain fun.
Download or read book Pirates and Privateers of the Caribbean written by Jenifer Marx and published by Malabar, Fla. : R.E. Krieger Publishing Company. This book was released on 1992 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes Captain Kidd, Sir Henry Morgan, Sir Francis Drake, Captain Teach, commonly called Blackbeard, and Captain Bartholomew Roberts.
Download or read book Pirates of the Spanish Main written by Hamilton Cochran and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the Spanish, Dutch, french, British, and American buccaneers who roamed the Spanished Main during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
