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1 online resource (369 pages) |
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Cover; Title Page; Contents; Map; Foreword; Compiler's Notes and Ackno wledgements; Introduction A short history of Piracy on the china seas; 1 The Terrible Ladrones; 2 An adventure with Chinese Pirates; 3 The Suppresion of Piracy by The Royal Navy; 4 Twelve Days Among The Pirates; 5 Breaking up of theChinese pirates' stronghold at KULAN; 6 Combined naval forces H.M.S. Rattler and U.S.N. Powhatan encounter pirates; 7 Eli Boggs' trial for murder and piracy; 8 Piracy and murder onboard the North Star; 9 A Desperate piratical attempt to capture The Iron Prince. |
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10 An glican Bishopat war with wild Borneo pirates11 Cruising after pirates in Chinese waters; 12 A daring attack on a British Barque; 13 Steamer Namoa attacked; Chinese pirates arrested and executed; 14 A European smuggler beset by pirates; 15 World Newspapers Denounce renewed Piracy; 16 The Tungchow Piracy; 17 The Case of the S.S. Sunning; 18 A trying time under bandits' pistols; 19 A submarine patrol inpirate waters; 20 On board a pirate junk with the. |
| Summary |
You won't be immune to a frisson of fear as you peruse these gripping stories of piracy on the China seas. After all, piracy is as prevalent today as it was in the early nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Whether you're a fan of books on maritime history or someone who just loves a good crime story, don't miss these spine-tingling, first-hand accounts by the men, women and children who fell prey to the scourge of the seas. |
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Description based on print version record. |
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Social Science.
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Piracy -- China Sea.
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Pirates -- China Sea.
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HISTORY / Asia / China
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Electronic books.
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Freading.
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| Related To |
Print version: Sellick, Douglas R G. Pirate Outrages : True Stories of Terror on the China Seas. North Fremantle : Fremantle Press, ©2010 9781921696077 |
| ISBN |
9781921696497 (electronic bk.) |
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1921696494 (electronic bk.) |
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