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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460717703321

Titolo

Pieces of eight : more archaeology of piracy / / edited by Charles R. Ewen and Russell K. Skowronek

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gainesville : , : University Press of Florida, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

0-8130-5124-X

0-8130-5566-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Disciplina

930.1028/04

Soggetti

Underwater archaeology

Coastal archaeology

Pirates - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Setting a course toward an archaeology of piracy / Russell K. Skowronek -- Blackbeard's Queen Anne's revenge and its French connection / Mark U. Wilde-Ramsing and Linda F. Carnes-McNaughton -- Revisiting the fiery dragon / John de Bry and Marco Roling -- Black Bart's ranger / Chad M. Gulseth -- The wreck of the Quedagh Merchant: the lost ship of Captain William Kidd / Frederick H. Hanselmann and Charles D. Beeker -- Plundering the Spanish Main: Henry Morgan's raid on Panama / Frederick H. Hanselmann, Tomas Mendizabal, and Juan G. Martin -- Ireland's golden age of piracy: history, cartography, and emerging archaeology / Connie Kelleher -- Shiver me timbers!: the influence of Hollywood on the archaeology of piracy / Russell K. Skowronek and Charles R. Ewen -- Signaling pirate identity / Heather Hatch -- Artifacts that talk like pirates: Jolly Roger iconography and archaeological sites / Kenneth J. Kinkor -- Pirates as providers / Kathleen Deagan -- Recognizing a pirate shipwreck without the skull and crossbones / Courtney Page and Charles R. Ewen -- Parting shot / Charles R. Ewen.

Sommario/riassunto

Going back to the "Queen Anne's Revenge," La Salles's "La Belle," and



adding the newest finds from Captain Kidd's "Cara Merchant of Quedagh" and Captain Henry Morgan's encampments, this volume reveals new discoveries and new ways of looking at the archaeology of pirates.