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Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea

by Charles H. L. Johnston

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  1. 1Dedication — Preface
  2. 2Carlo Zeno — Hero of the Venetian Republic (1344-1418)
  3. 3Harkee, Boys!
  4. 4Sir Francis Drake — Rover and Sea Ranger (1540-1596)
  5. 5Sea Irony
  6. 6Sir Walter Raleigh — Persecutor of the Spaniards (1552-1618)
  7. 7The Vanished Sailors
  8. 8Jean Bart — The Scourge of the Dutch (1650-1702)
  9. 9Du Guay-Trouin — The Great French “Blue” (1673-1736)
  10. 10Edward England — Terror of the South Seas (1690?-About 1725)
  11. 11Song of the Pirate
  12. 12Woodes Rogers — The Bristol Mariner (?-1736)
  13. 13Twilight at Sea
  14. 14Fortunatus Wright — The Most Hated Privateersman of the Mediterrane…
  15. 15The Deep
  16. 16George Walker — Winner of the Gamest Sea Fight of the English Chann…
  17. 17Bivouac of the Dead
  18. 18John Paul Jones — The Founder of the American Navy (1747-1792)
  19. 19The Escape
  20. 20Captain Silas Talbot — Staunch Privateersman of New England (1751-1…
  21. 21Captain “Josh” Barney — The Irrepressible Yankee (1759-1818)
  22. 22The Derelict
  23. 23Robert Surcouf — The “Sea Hound” From St. Malo (1773-1827)
  24. 24The Cry From the Shore
  25. 25Lafitte — Privateer, Pirate, and Terror of the Gulf of Mexico (1780…
  26. 26The Pirate’s Lament
  27. 27The Men Behind the Guns
  28. 28Raphael Semmes — Despoiler of American Commerce (1809-1877)
  29. 29El Capitan
  30. 30Retrospect

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