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The World of the pirate

Author: Val Garwood; Richard Berridge
Publisher: New York : Peter Bedrick Books, 1997.
Edition/Format:   Book : Elementary and junior high school : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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Relates the history of sea robbers who plundered ships' cargoes since ancient times, who flourished in the New World, and who remain active today, mainly in the South China Seas.
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Genre/Form: Juvenile literature
Material Type: Elementary and junior high school
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Val Garwood; Richard Berridge
ISBN: 0872262812 9780872262812
OCLC Number: 37268202
Notes: Color map of the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, and Indian Ocean on endpapers.
Includes index.
Description: 48 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 32 cm.
Contents: Early sea robbers --
Corsairs --
The Spanish Main --
The Indian Ocean --
Privateers --
Buccaneers --
Ships --
Inside a ship --
Navigation --
Work on board --
Clothes --
Life on board --
Discipline --
Illness and injury --
Treasure --
Weapons --
Attack --
Pirated defeated --
Pirates on trial.
Other Titles: Pirate
Responsibility: Val Garwood ; illustrations by Richard Berridge.
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Relates the history of sea robbers who plundered ships' cargoes since ancient times, who flourished in the New World, and who remain active today, mainly in the South China Seas.

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