You won't need a bottle of rum to enjoy the exploits of these famous and fearsome swashbucklers. There's a galleon's worth of action in this awesome exploration of pirates-their weapons, adventures, legends, language, and lost treasures.


See what life was really like aboard a pirate ship
Meet Blackbeard, Calico Jack, and a host of other villainous adventurers as they sail through the high seas in search of plunder
Learn about their ships, flags, and weaponry, from cutlasses to blunderbusses, sangrenels to musketoons

If you are looking for exotic desert islands and sword-wielding desperadoes, they are here, but you will also learn what life was really like for the scourge of the seas: what motivated them, what kept them together, the hardships they had to endure, and the adventures they sought. - from Amzon