Konstam A. The History of Pirates

New York, NY: Lyons Press, 1999. — 195 p. — ISBN: 1-55821-969-2.The History of Pirates traces piracy from the seas of antiquity to the New World and beyond. Piracy flourished in the early eighteenth century, even Julius Caesar was captured by pirates-and it still exists today; boats sailing through the South China Sea are regulary attacked by modern-day buccaneers. Detailed maps bear vivd testimony to the far-ranging exploits of these capricious, sometimes charismatic, and frequently bloodthirsty deadogs and highwaymen of the oceans.Piracy in the ancient world
Medieval pirates
The Barbary pirates
The Spanish Main and the sea rovers
The Buccaneers
The Golden Age of piracy
Piracy in the Indian Ocean
The Privateering Era
The last pirates
Piracy in the Far East
Modern day pirates