The Romance of Piracy

The Library of Romance is a series of books concerning the romance of scientific facts, be it biology, chemistry, history, or politics. This volume is one of history, concerning an account of the known facts of piracy, starting with the Vikings, and arching in history and geography toward an account of piracy in Chinese waters at around the time of publication of this volume (1914)

By : Edward Keble Chatterton (1878 - 1944)

01 - The Earliest Pirates 02 - The North Sea Pirates 03 - Piracy in the Early Tudor Times 04 - The Corsairs of the South 05 - The Wasps at Work 06 - Galleys and Gallantry 07 - Piracy in Elizabethan Times 08 - Elizabethan Seamen and Turkish Pirates 09 - The Stuart Army Goes forth against the 'Pyrats' 10 - The Good Ship 'Exchange' of Bristol 11 - A Wonderful Achievement 12 - The Great Sir Henry Morgan 13 - 'Black Beard' Teach 14 - The Story of Captain Kidd 15 - The Exploits of Captain Avery 16 - A 'Gentleman' of Fortune 17 - Paul Jones, Pirate and Privateer 18 - A Notorious American Pirate 19 - The Last of the Algerine Corsairs 20 - Pirates of the Persian Gulf 21 - The Story of Aaron Smith 22 - Smith and the Pirate Schooner 23 - Plot and Counter-Plot 24 - Chance and Circumstance 25 - The Cruise of the 'Defensor de Pedro' 26 - The Pirates of Borneo 27 - Cruising among Chinese Pirates