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Piracy on the High Seas

Piracy on the High Seas

Noah Berlatsky

12 Terrorists and Pirates Are Similar But Not the Same Benerson Little Benerson Little is a former Navy SEAL. He is now a consultant and writer specializing in maritime and naval issues. He is the author of The Sea Rover's Practice: Pirate ...
The Buccaneer's Realm: Pirate Life on the Spanish Main, ...

The Buccaneer's Realm: Pirate Life on the Spanish Main, ...

Benerson Little

The world will witness piracy on a grand scale. While Benerson Little’s previous work showed brilliantly how pirates actually plied their trade, The Buccaneer’s Realm focuses on their cultural and physical environments.
Fortune's Whelp

Fortune's Whelp

Benerson Little

Set in the 17th century during the heyday of privateering and the decline of buccaneering, Fortune's Whelp is a brash, swords-out sea-going adventure.
The Golden Age of Piracy: The Truth Behind Pirate Myths

The Golden Age of Piracy: The Truth Behind Pirate Myths

Benerson Little

Likewise, epic sea battles involving pirates were fairly rare because most prey surrendered immediately. The stories are real and are drawn heavily from primary sources.
The Buccaneer's Realm: Pirate Life on the Spanish Main, ...

The Buccaneer's Realm: Pirate Life on the Spanish Main, ...

Benerson Little

Likewise, my thanks to Gareth Thomas of the Historical Maritime CombatAssociation for our e-mail conversations on the subject of arms and swordplay, as well as his review of the chapter on swordplay.To Christine Lampe, my thanks for ...
How History's Greatest Pirates Pillaged, Plundered, and Got ...

How History's Greatest Pirates Pillaged, Plundered, and Got ...

Benerson Little

Not simple retellings of the tried and true stories of buccaneers on the high seas, this book focuses on how pirating tactics of the 1500s through 1800s to give the reader a view of how pirates functioned through history.
Pirate Hunting: The Fight Against Pirates, Privateers, and ...

Pirate Hunting: The Fight Against Pirates, Privateers, and ...

Benerson Little

Engaging and meticulously detailed, Pirate Hunting chronicles the fight against these plunderers from ancient times to the present and illustrates the array of tactics and strategies that individuals and governments have employed to secure ...
The Sea Rover's Practice: Pirate Tactics and Techniques, ...

The Sea Rover's Practice: Pirate Tactics and Techniques, ...

Benerson Little

The Sea Rover's Practice is the only book that describes in exceptional detail the tactics of sea rovers of the period - how they actually sought out and attacked vessels and towns.
Pirate Hunting: The Fight Against Pirates, Privateers, and ...

Pirate Hunting: The Fight Against Pirates, Privateers, and ...

Benerson Little

Vassilios Christides, “Military Intelligence in Arabo-Byzantine Naval Warfare” ( Athens: Institute for Byzantine Studies, 1996), 271. Buhours, Life, 66–67. Díaz de Gámez, Unconquered Knight, 57–58, 84–89. Buhours, Life, 93 Ibid. See, for example, Lewis and Runyan, European Naval and Maritime History, 51. Vassilios Christides, “Some Remarks on the Mediterranean and Red Sea Ships in Ancient and Medieval Times, Part II,” Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Ship ...

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