Pirates: Past and Present
Tags: PIRATES; BUCCANEERS
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- Plunder on the Rise. Whaley, Floyd // Corporate Legal Times;May2000, Vol. 10 Issue 102, pBWB16
Reports on the threat of high-seas piracy to international trade. Disappearance of MV Alondra Rainbow; Increase of pirate attacks; Corporate precautions.
- The three faces of a swashbuckler. Babaluk, Neil // Canada's History;2010, Vol. 90 Issue 4, p27
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- THE LAST PRIZE OF THE BUCCANEERS. W. A. M. // America;6/10/1911, Vol. 5 Issue 9, p209
The article examines the history of British Honduras, formerly known as the Spanish Main, and its relation to the exploits of the Buccaneers. According to the article, the men who made history on the Spanish Main were chiefly English and Spanish rascals, who robbed poor natives, and who were...
- Old Cricket says. // Cricket;Aug2007, Vol. 34 Issue 12, p64
The article defines and describes the differences between the words pirates, buccaneers, and privateers.
- The world of pirates. Langley, Andrew // Pirates;2003, p6
The article provides information about pirates. A pirate is a robber on the sea who attacks ships and ports to steal treasure and other goods. Pirates called the 'corsairs' attacked vessels in the Mediterranean Sea. The Caribbean, the Indian Ocean and the South China Seas were also dangerous...
- The Pirate Hunters. Raffaele, Paul // Smithsonian;Aug2007, Vol. 38 Issue 5, p38
The article discusses efforts by law enforcement to stop pirates off the coast of Somalia. Though buccaneering is a huge problem for transport ships sailing around the world, high-tech crafts like the USS Winston S. Churchill are putting a stop to the crime by chasing down pirates with trained...
- Muslim marauders. Langley, Andrew // Pirates;2003, p10
The article provides information on Muslim pirates. Pirates of the Mediterranean Sea were known as 'corsairs'. The most famous were Muslims from the Barbary Coast of North Africa. The corsairs wanted people, not treasure, and they would demand ransom for the release of their captives. ...
- YAR, MATE! SWASHBUCKLER TOURS! Campo-Flores, Arian // Newsweek (Atlantic Edition);8/5/2002, Vol. 140 Issue 5, p58
Mentions the tourism circuit in the United States and the Caribbean which focuses on pirates. Exhibits at the Pirates of Nassau Museum in the Bahamas; Books about infamous buccaneers, including 'The Pirate Hunter,' by Richard Zacks; Plans for the sunken city of Port Royal, Jamaica, which was...
- YAR, MATE! SWASHBUCKLER TOURS! Campo-Flores, Arian // Newsweek;8/5/2002, Vol. 140 Issue 6, p58
Mentions the tourism circuit in the United States and the Caribbean which focuses on pirates. Exhibits at the Pirates of Nassau Museum in the Bahamas; Books about infamous buccaneers, including 'The Pirate Hunter,' by Richard Zacks; Plans for the sunken city of Port Royal, Jamaica, which was...
