The Secret History of the Pirate Kingdom

Book excerpt: This edition present the history of the "Golden Age" of piracy. In this period the entire regions and islands in the Caribbean Sea were under their control and rule, at the extent that they subsequently proclaimed Nassau as the seat of the pirate republic. Authors' goal was to show the democracy pirates established, the rules by which they lived and died, their courage and ruthlessness, their most extraordinary exploits and battles. The lives of the most famous pirates of this era are depicted in the book: Charles Vane, Thomas Barrow (who declared himself "Governor of New Providence"), Benjamin Hornigold, Calico Jack Rackham, Anne Bonny, Mary Read, and the infamous Edward Teach, better known as "Blackbeard"._x000D_ Contents:_x000D_ Contents:_x000D_ The King of Pirates: Of Captain Avery, And his Crew_x000D_ Of Captain Martel, And his Crew_x000D_ Of Captain Teach, alias Black-beard_x000D_ Of Major Stede Bonnet, And his Crew_x000D_ Of Captain Edward England, And his Crew_x000D_ Of Captain Charles Vane, And his Crew_x000D_ Of Captain John Rackam, And his Crew_x000D_ The Life of Mary Read, And Anne Bonny_x000D_ Of Captain Howel Davis, And his Crew_x000D_ Of Captain Bartho. Roberts, And his Crew_x000D_ Of Captain Anstis, And his Crew_x000D_ Of Captain Worley, And his Crew_x000D_ Of Captain George Lowther, And his Crew_x000D_ Of Captain Edward Low, And his Crew_x000D_ Of Captain John Evans, And his Crew_x000D_ Of Captain John Phillips, And his Crew_x000D_ Of Captain Spriggs, And his Crew_x000D_ An Account of the Pyracies and Murders committed by Philip Roche, &c._x000D_ An Abstract of the Civil Law and Statute Law now in Force, in Relation to Pyracy_x000D_ Of Captain Misson_x000D_ Of Captain John Bowen_x000D_ Of Captain William Kid_x000D_ Of Captain Tew, And his Crew_x000D_ Of Captain Halsey, And his Crew_x000D_ Of Captain Thomas White, And his Crew_x000D_ Of Captain Condent, And his Crew_x000D_ A Description of Magadoxa_x000D_ Of Captain Bellamy_x000D_ Of Captain William Fly, And his Crew_x000D_ Of Captain Thomas Howard, And his Crew_x000D_ Of Captain Lewis. And his Crew_x000D_ Of Captain Cornelius, And his Crew_x000D_ Of Captain David Williams, And his Crew_x000D_ Of Captain Samuel Burgess, And his Crew_x000D_ Of Captain Nathaniel North, And his Crew_x000D_ The Trial of the Pirates at Providence_x000D_ The Pirate Gow _x000D_ The Life of Lafitte, the Famous Pirate of the Gulf of Mexico_x000D_ The Life of Charles Gibbs _x000D_ History of the Adventures, Capture and Execution of the Spanish Pirates _x000D_ The Bloody Career and Execution of Vincent Benavides a Pirate on the West Coast of South America _x000D_ The West India Pirates_x000D_ The Pirates of Panama (A True Account by a Pirate)