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  • Series: Dover Maritime
  • Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Dover Publications (August 31, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0486461831
  • ISBN-13: 978-0486461830
  • Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 0.8 x 8.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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4.0 out of 5 starsAn excellent introduction to piracy worldwide.
By A Customer on September 15, 1999
Format: Paperback
Philip Gosse has written a thorough overview of worldwide piracy; concentrating, of course, in the Mediterranean and Caribbean, but including the Far East. Even three cases of female pirates are covered. The subject is described both in breadth and depth, with many "sea stories" included. The only drawback is that some famous pirates, like Jean Lafitte, receive little coverage.
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5.0 out of 5 starsOne of the better books on piracy
By James Flagg on June 10, 2009
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This modern reprint of a 1932 classic is an invaluable history of piracy. This book, along with David Cordingly's "Under the Black Flag" and Daniel Defoe's "A General History of the Pyrates" (Defoe was writing as Captain Johnson), are the best volumes on piracy I have yet to read. Gosse's history is lively and comprehensive.
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4.0 out of 5 starsGood general book on piracy.
By mjare on February 11, 2015
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Recently I have read a book entitled as ''The history of Piracy'' by Philip Gosse (1879 - 1959), which was first published in 1932. This work presents really wide topic, which is very often ignored by the vast majority of historians. Its plot covers the history of piracy that existed on all seas and oceans of the globe through ages. While reading this book one can safely ''sail'' together with Berber, English, Caribbean, American, Chinese etc. pirate crews and know their living conditions, strategies and customs. This general work on piracy is well researched and I really like it despite some minor flaws I have noticed while reading its text. For instance, the Crusader states (the last one was Acre) were finally abolished in 1291 AD by Al-Ashraf Khalil, not by Saladin as written in this book. Unfortunately there is nothing written about the sailors (sometimes acting also as pirates) of Courland (nominally a vassal state of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth), who also established some settlements near the Gambian coast and on Trinidad in Caribbeans. Despite the limitations of the historical sources concerning the piracy, which are mentioned by the author the text is nicely written and one reads it with no sign of boredom. Really thought provoking book, showing that there is no organized crime existing without a protection of at least local authorities. Conclusion concerning the piracy is simple. With no support of the corrupted authorities there would not have been any effective piracy on such scale as it took place.
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4.0 out of 5 starsanyone interested in pirate history will enjoy it
By Wayne S. Walker on October 23, 2013
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The author begins, “To write a complete history of piracy from its earliest days would be an impossible undertaking….What the following pages attempt to do is to show what conditions, geographical and social, preceded the rise of piracy, to trace its periodical rises and declines, its forms and fortunes, to depict the more outstanding members of its profession, and finally to show how national organization, backed by the steamship and the telegraph, brought it to an end.” The book has seventeen chapters, plus an Epilogue, divided into four main sections: “The Barbary Corsairs,” including the Barbarossas; “The Pirates of the North,” such as the Vikings, Hanseatics, and English Corsairs; “The Pirates of the West,” such as the Buccaneers of North America; and “The Pirates of the East,” from Africa, India, Arabia, Japan, China, and the Malay Archipelago.

Author Philip Gosse is identified as “an eminent authority on pirate lore and literature.” I picked The History of Piracy up in “The Pirates of the Caribbean” gift shop when we visited Disney World last year. It is well written, and the stories are told in a lively, informative, and comprehensive fashion. A few curse words are used, primarily in quotations. Even three cases of female pirates are covered. Some famous pirates, such as Blackbeard (Edward Teach) and Captain William Kidd are given their due, but others like Jean Lafitte are barely mentioned. The book will not appeal to everyone, but anybody interested in pirate history, or history in general for that matter, will enjoy it. There are seven Appendices, quoting documents from the days of “The Classical Pirates” of ancient Greece and Rome to a 1929 newspaper article on “Modern Chinese Pirates.” Also found in Dover’s reprint are seventeen black-and-white illustrations and four maps from the volume’s original publication.
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