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       Charles Ellms

      The Pirates Own Book: Authentic Narratives of the Exploits & Executions of the Most Notorious Buccaneers

      (Illustrated Edition)

      Authentic Narratives of the Most Celebrated Sea Robbers

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      2017 OK Publishing

      ISBN 978-80-272-3086-0

       Preface

       Introduction

       The Danish and Norman Pirates

       Adventures and Exploits of Captain Avery

       The Remarkable History of the Joassamee Pirates of the Persian Gulf

       The Barbarous Conduct and Romantic Death of the Joassamee Chief, Rahmah-Ben-Jabir

       The Life of Lafitte, the Famous Pirate of the Gulf of Mexico

       The Life of Captain Roberts

       The Life of Charles Gibbs

       History of the Adventures, Capture and Execution of the Spanish Pirates

       The Life of Benito De Soto the Pirate of the Morning Star

       The Adventures of Captain Robert Kidd

       The Bloody Career and Execution of Vincent Benavides a Pirate on the West Coast of South America

       The Life of Captain Davis

       Authentic History of the Malay Pirates of the Indian Ocean

       The Adventures of Captain Condent

       The Life of Captain Edward Low

       Life and Adventures of Captain Edward England

       Account of the Lynn Pirates

       History of the Ladrone Pirates

       The Life of Captain Lewis

       The Life, Career and Death of Captain Thomas White

       The Life, Atrocities, and Bloody Death of Black Beard

       The Exploits, Arrest, and Execution of Captain Charles Vane

       The West India Pirates

       The Adventures and Execution of Captain John Rackam

       The Life and Exploits of Anne Bonney

       The Adventures and Heroism of Mary Read

       The Algerine Pirates

       The Adventures, Trial and Execution of Captain Gow

      Preface

       Table of Contents

      In the mind of the mariner, there is a superstitious horror connected with the name of Pirate; and there are few subjects that interest and excite the curiosity of mankind generally, more than the desperate exploits, foul doings, and diabolical career of these monsters in human form. A piratical crew is generally formed of the desperadoes and runagates of every clime and nation. The pirate, from the perilous nature of his occupation, when not cruising on the ocean, the great highway of nations, selects the most lonely isles of the sea for his retreat, or secretes himself near the shores of rivers, bays and lagoons of thickly wooded and uninhabited countries, so that if pursued he can escape to the woods and mountain glens of the interior. The islands of the Indian Ocean, and the east and west coasts of Africa, as well as the West Indies, have been their haunts for centuries; and vessels navigating the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, are often captured by them, the passengers and crew murdered, the money and most valuable part of the cargo plundered, the vessel destroyed, thus obliterating all trace of their unhappy fate, and leaving friends and relatives to mourn their loss from the inclemencies of the elements, when they were butchered in cold blood by their fellow men, who by practically adopting the maxim that "dead men tell no tales," enable themselves to pursue their diabolical career with impunity. The pirate is truly fond of women and wine, and when not engaged in robbing, keeps maddened with intoxicating liquors, and passes his time in debauchery, singing old songs with chorusses like

      "Drain, drain the bowl, each fearless soul,

       Let the world wag as it will:

       Let the heavens growl, let the devil howl,

       Drain, drain the deep bowl and fill."

      Thus his hours of relaxation are passed in wild and extravagant frolics amongst the lofty forests of palms and spicy groves of the Torrid Zone, and amidst the aromatic and beautiful flowering vegetable productions of that region. He has fruits delicious to taste, and as companions, the unsophisticated daughters of Africa and the Indies. It would be supposed that his wild career would be one of delight.

      But the apprehension and foreboding of the