02099cam a2200385 4500 605754196 TxAuBib 20110822120000.0 ||||||s1994||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 94-37732 9780679872559 0679872558 9780679972556 0679972552 9780751360356 075136035X (OCoLC)31331626 TxAuBib Platt, Richard. Pirate / written by Richard Platt ; photographed by Tina Chambers. 1st American ed. New York : Knopf, 1994. 63 p : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 29 cm. Eyewitness books "A Dorling Kindersley book"--T.p. verso. Includes index. Robbers of the seas -- Pirates of ancient Greece -- Pirates of the Roman world -- Raiders of the north -- The Barbary Coast -- The corsairs of Malta -- The privateers -- The Spanish Main -- New World privateers -- Navigation and maps -- The buccaneers -- Weapons -- Pirates of the Caribbean -- Women pirates -- The Jolly Roger -- Pirate treasure -- Piracy and slavery -- Life at sea -- Food on board -- Life on land -- Pirates of the Indian Ocean -- Desert islands -- The French corsairs -- American privateers -- Pirates of the China Sea -- Punishment -- The pirates defeated -- Pirates in literature -- Pirates in film and theater. Here is a spectacular and informative guide to the dangerous and adventurous life of piracy, privateering, and buccaneering. Superb, full-color photographs of weapons, ships, flags, maps, and treasure offer a unique and revealing view of pirate life on the high seas from the Viking raiders to the buccaneers of the Spanish Main. 20130214. AR 7.5 1pt. Pirates. Chambers, Tina, ill. Eyewitness books. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/random0410/94037732.html Publisher description