Cuba Pirates
December 15th, 2008
Pirate tresuares in Cuba. Havana.
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Captain Henry Morgan sacks Puerto Principe, Cuba Photo Mugs Pirate, privateer and buccaneer Henry Morgan sacks Puerto Principe in 1688, in search of Spanish gold and treasure. Morgans men forced the town surrender by threatening to tear the women and children to pieces. Imprisoned in churches, the townspeople starved whilst the pirates pillages their possessions. Engraving from Bucaneers of America….. |
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Steel Drums Of The Caribbean – Calypso Classics $7.99 … |
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Pirates Choice $9.99 … |
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Pirates & Gypsies $8.99 … |
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Photo Jigsaw Puzzle of Captain Henry Morgan sacks Puerto Principe, Cuba from National Maritime Museum $24.99 Photo Puzzle, Captain Henry Morgan sacks Puerto Principe, Cuba. Pirate, privateer and buccaneer Henry Morgan sacks Puerto Principe in 1688, in search of Spanish gold and treasure. Morgans men forced the town surrender by threatening to tear the women and children to pieces. Imprisoned in churches, the townspeople starved whilst the pirates pillages their possessions. Engraving from Bucaneers of Am… |
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Narrative of the shipwreck of the brig Betsey, of Wiscasset, Maine, and murder of five of her crew, by pirates, on the coast of Cuba, Dec. 1824. $1.99 This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery…. |
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The Sea Rover’s Practice: Pirate Tactics and Techniques, 1630-1730 $9.45 To read of sea roving’s various incarnations – piracy, privateering, buccaneering, la flibuste, la course – is to bring forth romantic, and often violent, imagery. Indeed, much of this imagery has become a literary and cinematic cliché . And what an image it is! But its truth is by halves, and paradoxically it is the picaresque imagery of Pyle, Wyeth, Sabatini, and Hollywood that is often closer … |
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Richard Henry Dana Jr.: Two Years Before the Mast and OtherVoyages (Library of America) $22.95 This volume collects three sea-going travel narratives by Richard Henry Dana, Jr., that span 25 years of maritime history, from the age of sail to the age of steam. Suffering from persistent weakness in his eyes, Dana left Harvard at age 19 and sailed from Boston in 1834 as a common seaman. Two Years Before the Mast (1840) is the classic account of his voyages around Cape Horn and time ashore … |