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 Pirate Hunter of the Caribbean: The Adventurous Life of Captain Woodes Rogers 
 Author: David Cordingly Pirate Hunter of the Caribbean: The Adventurous Life of Captain Woodes Rogers Random House ISBN: 1400068150 2011 Format: EPUB Size: 7,4 МБ Language: English Pages: 320 From David Cordingly, one of the world’s foremost experts on pirate history, and author of the perennial favorite Under the Black Flag, comes the thrilling story of the man who fought the real pirates of the Caribbean. Sea captain, privateer, and colonial governor, Woodes Rogers was one of the early eighteenth century’s boldest and most colorful characters. Pirate Hunter of the Caribbean is the definitive account of his incredible life. At a time when Europe’s maritime nations fought over islands and territories, and pirates and other scoundrels were flourishing, Rogers sailed into the center of the action. In 1708, in the midst of Britain’s war with Spain, Rogers was hired to lead a mission against Spanish targets in the Pacific. A fearless adventurer who lost his fortune as often as his temper, he battled scurvy and hurricanes and mutinies—and along the way captured a treasure galleon and rescued the shipwrecked Alexander Selkirk, whose four-year ordeal on a remote Pacific island inspired Daniel Defoe to write Robinson Crusoe. When the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 led to an explosion of piracy in the Caribbean, King George I appointed Rogers governor of the Bahamas. There he found himself in charge of a string of islands being plundered by raucous felons, from the notorious “Blackbeard,” who kept lit matches under his hat to give himself a hellish cast, to Charles Vane, a particularly brutal pirate captain, to Anne Bonny and Mary Read, rare female pirates who escaped the hangman’s noose only by revealing their pregnancies. With rich and vivid details and plenty of action, David Cordingly chronicles a rollicking adventure that is as fascinating and gripping as any seafaring legend.
Empire of the Seas: How the Navy Forged the Modern World
 Author: Brian Lavery Empire of the Seas: How the Navy Forged the Modern World, 2nd Revised edition Conway Maritime Press 2012 Format: PDF Size: 56.8 Mb Language: English Re-issued in trade paperback format Brian Lavery's narrative explores the navy's rise over four centuries; a key factor in propelling Britain to its status as the most powerful nation on earth, and assesses the turning point of Jutland and the First World War. He creates a compelling read that is every bit as engaging as the TV series itself.
The Jews of Odessa: A Cultural History, 1794-1881
 Author: Steven Zipperstein The Jews of Odessa: A Cultural History, 1794-1881 Stanford University Press 1991 Format: PDF Size: 56 Mb Language: English Founded in 1794 as a frontier city on the Black Sea, Odessa soon grew to be one of Russia's busiest seaports. Settlers of all nationalities went there to seek their fortune, among them Jews who came to form one of the largest, wealthiest, and most culturally fertile Jewish communities in Europe. This history of Jewish Odessa traces the rise of that community from its foundation in 1794 to the pogroms of 1881 that erupted after the assassination of Alexander II. Zipperstein emphasizes Jewish acculturation: changes in behavior, attitude, and ideology as reflected in schools, synagogues, newspapers, and other institutions of the period. The patterns set then affected the community's cultural development well into the second decade of the twentieth century. More a modern metropolis than any other Russian city with a significant Jewish population, Odessa offers a window into the diversity of Russian Jewish experience.
Corsairs and Navies, 1600-1760
 Author: J. S. Bromley Corsairs and Navies, 1600-1760 The Hambledon Press 2003 ISBN: 090762877X Format: PDF Size: 32,5 МБ Language: English Pages: 544 Two societies, two conceptions of justice, collaborated and collided when French forces stormed Cartagena of the Indies in May 1697. For their commander, the baron de Pointis, a naval captain in the mould of Drake, this bloody if strategically pointless success fulfilled a long-postponed design "that might be both honourable and advantageous", with ships lent and soldiers (but not seamen) paid by the King, who in return would take the Crown's usual one-fifth interest in such "preis de vaisseaux", the remaining costs falling on private subscribers, in this case no less than 666 of them, headed by courtiers, financiers, naval contractors and officers of both pen and sword.' According to Pointis, peace rumours restricted the flow of advances and the expedition, nearly 4,000 strong when it sailed out of Brest, was weaker than he had planned, especially if it should prove difficult to use the ships' crews ashore.
Waterloo - The Official Guide to the Waterloo Committee
 Author: David Howarth Waterloo - The Official Guide to the Waterloo Committee Pitkin Publishing 1992 Format: PDF Pages: 31 Language: English Size: 18.6 MB The Battle of Waterloo was one of the great British victories. This guide to the battlefield was written by one of the greatest experts on the Battle, David Howarth.
Napoleog's Cuirassiers and Carabiniers
 Author: Emir Bukhari Napoleog's Cuirassiers and Carabiniers (Men-at-arms 64) Osprey Publishing Ltd 1977 Format: Pdf Size: 18 Mb Language: English
The Pendulum of War: The Fight for Upper Canada, January-June 1813
 The Pendulum of War: The Fight for Upper Canada, January-June 1813 Author: Richard Feltoe Dundurn 2013 ISBN: 1459706994 Pages: 160 Language: English Format: EPUB Size: 16 MB In his second of six books in the series Upper Canada Preserved — War of 1812, author Richard Feltoe continues a battlefield chronicle that combines the best of modern historical research with extensive quotes from original official documents and personal letters, bringing to life the crucial first six months of the 1813 American campaign to invade and conquer Upper Canada. The Pendulum of War documents the course of more than seven major battles and over a dozen minor engagements that were fought on the St. Lawrence, Niagara, and Detroit frontiers to control Upper Canada during this period. It also reveals some of the behind-the-scenes personal stories and conflicts of the personalities involved. Throughout the work, historical images are counterpointed with modern pictures taken from the same perspective to give a true then-and-now effect. Strategic maps trace the course of the campaign, while never-before-published battlefield maps reveal the shifting formations of troops across a geographically accurate terrain.
Color Treasury of Model Soldiers. Armies in Miniature
 Author: Massimo Alberini Color Treasury of Model Soldiers. Armies in Miniature Crescent Books 1972 Format: PDF Pages: 72 Language: English Size: 33.7 MB This book includes pictures of military miniatures; toys and collector's items; from historical figurines to tin soldiers; plastic and single models; paper soldiers; showcases and dioramas; the war game; artillery and canons...
Cycles of life
 Cycles of life Author:Editors of :Time-Life Books Cahners Business Information, Inc THE AMERICAM INDIANS 1994 Language:English Format:pdf Size:27 mb Pages:184 This latest entry in the series is the best so far. Concentrating on growing up, rites of passage (especially puberty ceremonies and courtship and marriage), and spiritual beliefs and religion, the editors have created a kaleidoscopic yet focused tour through Indian America both past and present. Although the emphasis leans towards the peoples west of the Mississippi, examples from eastern tribes are provided as well. Tribes featured include the Apache, Blackfeet, Hopi, Inuit, Tlingit, Navajo, Sioux, Cheyenne, several Pueblos, and the Cherokee. The photographs, both in black and white and in color, are superb. Well chosen to enhance the text, they are fairly evenly divided between the old and the contemporary and go far toward conveying the continuity and vitality of traditional ways. The detailed captions provide additional information. There are also photo essays scattered throughout. Broadly based without being simplistic or misleading, the text offers examples from various nations to illustrate general points made by the editors, making this a better than average overview of Native American cultures. A fine bibliography is included, as well as a thorough index.-Lisa Mitten, University of Pittsburgh, PA
Omdurman 1898 (Battle Story)
Author: William Wright
Omdurman 1898 (Battle Story)
Spellmount
2012
Format: EPUB
Pages: 159
Size: 6 Mb
Language: English
The battle took place at Kerreri, 11km north of Omdurman in the Sudan. Kitchener commanded a force of 8,000 British regulars and a mixed force of 17,000 Sudanese and Egyptian solders. He arrayed his force in an arc around the village of Egeiga close to the bank of the Nile, where a gunboat flotilla waited in support, facing a wide, flat plain with hills rising to the left and right. The British and Egyptian cavalry was placed on either flank. Al-Taashi's followers, known as Ansar and sometimes referred to as Dervishes, numbered around 50,000, including some 3,000 cavalry. In a few hours and at a loss of less than 400 officers and men killed and wounded, the Anglo-Egyptian army defeated the more than 50,000 brave tribesmen who charged their enemy, regardless of the hail of maxim bullets, many of them armed only with spears, swords and ancient chainmail armour.
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Black Hawk and the War of 1832: removal in the north
 Author: John P. Bowes Black Hawk and the War of 1832: removal in the north. Chelsea House 2007 Format: Pdf Size: 42 Mb Language: English
Pursuit to Appomattox: The Last Battles (The Civil War Series)
 Author: Jerry Korn Pursuit to Appomattox: The Last Battles (The Civil War Series) Time-Life Books 1987 Format: PDF Pages: 184 Language: English Size: 31.4 MB For the casual Civil War enthusiast it's hard to beat the Time Life Series. Well researched with lots of excellent photographs (photography was in it's infancy at the time) and illustrations. This particular book does an excellent job of wrapping up the last days of the civil war.
Christopher Columbus - Explorer of the New World
 Christopher Columbus - Explorer of the New World Author: Peter Chrisp Dorling Kindersley Ltd 2001 ISBN: 0751313882 Format: PDF Size: 11,7 MB Language: English Pages: 48 Packed with first-hand accounts, this book is an eyewitness guide to Columbus's voyages of explorations. Photography, story-telling, pull-out details and a gatefold panorama bring his journeys to life.
Maritime Scotland
 Maritime Scotland Author: Brian Lavery B.T. Bastford Ltd. / Historic Scotland 2001 ISBN: 0-7134-8520-5 Pages: 128 Language: English Format: PDF Size: 46.7 MB Helping to advance knowledge about marine heritage and make information widely available; improving stewardship of key marine heritage sites; and developing wider understanding and enjoyment of marine heritage.
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