X Marks the Spot :The Archaeology of Piracy - New Perspectives on Maritime History & Nautical Archaeology
X Marks the Spot :The Archaeology of Piracy - New Perspectives on Maritime History & Nautical Archaeology
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25 March, 2007
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This collection piques the imagination with historical evidence about the actual exploits of pirates as revealed in the archaeological record of such ships as Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge, recently discovered off Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina; the Speaker, which sailed in the Indian Ocean; and the Whydah, the first pirate ship discovered in North America (near the tip of Cape Cod). Examining excavated underwater ""treasure sites"" and terrestrial pirate lairs found off the coast of Madagascar, throughout the Caribbean, and within the United States, the authors explore the romanticized ""Golden Age of Piracy,"" a period brimming with the real-life exploits of Captain Kidd, Blackbeard, Henry Morgan, and the ""gentleman pirate"" Jean Lafitte.
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780813030791 |
| ISBN10 | 081303079X |
| Number Of Pages | 368 |
| Item Weight | 592 g |
| Product Dimensions | 165 x 235 x 23 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | University Press of Florida |
| Format | paperback |
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The first comprehensive, scholarly look at the artifactual evidence of real pirates, recovered at both shipwrecks and known pirate bases. - Archaeology Magazine ""The reader unused to digesting professional publications will, pardon the pun, sail through this book as if it were a collection of novellas! This is the definitive book on pirates and the research being done to dispel all of the fables."" - Dirtbrothers.org
Author's Bio
Russell K. Skowronek is associate professor of anthropology and founder of the Archaeology Research Lab at Santa Clara University. Charles R. Ewen is professor of anthropology and director of the Archaeology Laboratories at East Carolina University.