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Famous Privateersmen AND ADVENTURERS OF THE SEA
CHARLES H. L. JOHNSTON
PREFACE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
CARLO ZENO HERO OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC (1344-1418)
HARKEE, BOYS!
SIR FRANCIS DRAKE ROVER AND SEA RANGER (1540-1596)
SEA IRONY
SIR WALTER RALEIGH PERSECUTOR OF THE SPANIARDS (1552-1618)
THE VANISHED SAILORS
JEAN BART THE SCOURGE OF THE DUTCH (1650-1702)
DU GUAY-TROUIN THE GREAT FRENCH “BLUE” (1673-1736)
EDWARD ENGLAND TERROR OF THE SOUTH SEAS (1690?-about 1725)
SONG OF THE PIRATE
WOODES ROGERS THE BRISTOL MARINER (?-1736)
TWILIGHT AT SEA
FORTUNATUS WRIGHT THE MOST HATED PRIVATEERSMAN OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA (1715-1765)
THE DEEP
GEORGE WALKER WINNER OF THE GAMEST SEA FIGHT OF THE ENGLISH CHANNEL (1727-1777)
BIVOUAC OF THE DEAD
JOHN PAUL JONES THE FOUNDER OF THE AMERICAN NAVY (1747-1792)
THE ESCAPE
CAPTAIN SILAS TALBOT STAUNCH PRIVATEERSMAN OF NEW ENGLAND (1751-1813)
FOOTNOTE:
CAPTAIN “JOSH” BARNEY THE IRREPRESSIBLE YANKEE (1759-1818)
THE DERELICT
ROBERT SURCOUF THE “SEA HOUND” FROM ST. MALO (1773-1827)
THE CRY FROM THE SHORE
LAFITTE PRIVATEER, PIRATE, AND TERROR OF THE GULF OF MEXICO (1780-1826)
THE PIRATE’S LAMENT
THE MEN BEHIND THE GUNS
RAPHAEL SEMMES DESPOILER OF AMERICAN COMMERCE (1809-1877)
EL CAPITAN
RETROSPECT
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