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Название: Great Pirate Stories

Автор: Various

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       Various

      Great Pirate Stories

      Published by Good Press, 2019

       [email protected]

      EAN 4057664611758

       FOREWORD

       GREAT PIRATE STORIES

       Michael Scott

       John Esquemeling

       THE MALAY PROAS [3]

       James Fenimore Cooper

       THE WONDERFUL FIGHT OF THE EXCHANGE OF BRISTOL WITH THE PIRATES OF ALGIERS [4]

       Samuel Purchas

       THE DAUGHTER OF THE GREAT MOGUL [6]

       Daniel Defoe

       BARBAROSSA—KING OF THE CORSAIRS [7]

       E. Hamilton Currey, R.N.

       MORGAN AT PUERTO BELLO [8]

       John Esquemeling

       THE WAYS OF THE BUCCANEERS [10]

       John Masefield after John Esquemeling

       A TRUE ACCOUNT OF THREE NOTORIOUS PIRATES [11]

       Howard Pyle, Ed.

       NARRATIVE OF THE CAPTURE OF THE SHIP DERBY , 1735

       Captain Anselm

       FRANCIS LOLONOIS

       John Esquemeling

       THE FIGHT BETWEEN THE DORRILL AND THE MOCA [15]

       JADDI THE MALAY PIRATE [16]

       THE TERRIBLE LADRONES [17]

       Richard Glasspoole

       A few Remarks on the Origin, Progress, Manners, and Customs of the Ladrones

       THE FEMALE CAPTIVE [26]

       Lucretia Parker

       THE PASSING OF MOGUL MACKENZIE

       Arthur Hunt Chute

       THE LAST OF THE SEA-ROVERS

       W. B. Lord

      FOREWORD

       Table of Contents

      Piracy embodies the romance of the sea at its highest expression. It is a sad but inevitable commentary on our civilization, that, so far as the sea is concerned, it has developed from its infancy down to a century or so ago, under one phase or another of piracy. If men were savages on land they were doubly so at sea, and all the years of maritime adventure—years that added to the map of the world till there was little left to discover—could not wholly eradicate the piratical germ. It went out gradually with the settlement and ordering of the far-flung British colonies. Great Britain, foremost of sea powers, must be credited with doing more both directly and indirectly for the abolition of crime and disorder on the high seas than any other force. But the conquest was not complete till the advent of steam which chased the sea-rover into the farthest corners of his domain. It is said that he survives even today in certain spots in the Chinese waters—but he is certainly an innocuous relic. A pirate of any sort would be as great a curiosity today if he could be caught and exhibited as a fabulous monster.

      The fact remains and will always persist that in the lore of the sea he is far and away the most picturesque figure—and the more genuine and gross his career, the higher degree of interest does he inspire.

      There may be a certain human perversity in this, for the pirate was unquestionably a bad man—at his best, or worst—considering his surroundings and conditions—undoubtedly the worst man that ever lived. There is little to soften the dark yet glowing picture of his exploits. But again, it must be remembered, that not only does the note of distance subdue, and even lend a certain enchantment to the scene, but the effect of contrast between our peaceful times and his own contributes much to deepen our interest in him. Perhaps it is this latter, added to that deathless spark in the human breast СКАЧАТЬ