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FLYING THE BLACK FLAG TheLocationsandChronologicalPeriodsofthePirateBandsDescribedinThisBook 1. TheGreeks(800–146bc) 2. TheRomans(753bctoad476) 3. TheVikings(ad793–1066) 4. TheBuccaneers(1650–1701) 5. TheBarbaryPirates(1320–1785) 6. TheTankaPirates(1790–1820) 7. AmericaandtheBarbaryPirates(1785–1815) FLYING THE BLACK FLAG A Brief History of Piracy Alfred S. Bradford Illustrated by Pamela M. Bradford LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Bradford,AlfredS. Flyingtheblackﬂag:abriefhistoryofpiracy/AlfredS.Bradford;illustratedby PamelaM.Bradford p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978–0–275–97781–8(alk.paper) 1.Pirates—History. I.Title. G535.B73 2007 910.4(cid:1)5—dc22 2007003036 BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationDataisavailable. Copyright(cid:2)c 2007byAlfredS.Bradford Allrightsreserved.Noportionofthisbookmaybe reproduced,byanyprocessortechnique,withoutthe expresswrittenconsentofthepublisher. LibraryofCongressCatalogCardNumber:2007003036 ISBN-13:978–0–275–97781–8 ISBN-10:0–275–97781–1 Firstpublishedin2007 PraegerPublishers,88PostRoadWest,Westport,CT06881 AnimprintofGreenwoodPublishingGroup,Inc. www.praeger.com PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica Thepaperusedinthisbookcomplieswiththe PermanentPaperStandardissuedbytheNational InformationStandardsOrganization(Z39.48–1984). 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ToNilsFredrikMalmstrom Contents Preface xi PartI. GreekPiracy 1. Odysseus:HeroandPirate 3 2. GreeksandBarbarians 12 3. Greekvs.Greek 19 4. Greekvs.Macedonian 25 PartII. TheRomans 5. TheRomansTakeDecisiveAction 35 6. ThePiratesofCilicia 38 7. TheScourgeoftheMediterranean 43 8. TheEndofMediterraneanPiracy 49 PartIII. TheVikings 9. “FromMercilessInvaders...” 57 viii Contents 10. TheRus 65 11. ConversionandContainment 71 PartIV. TheWorldwideStruggleagainstPiracy 12. TheBuccaneers 81 13. TortugaandthePirateUtopia 90 14. HenryMorgan 97 15. TheRaidonPanama 105 16. TheInfamousCaptainKidd 111 PartV. TheBarbaryPirates 17. CrescentandCrossintheMediterranean 121 18. WarbyOtherMeans 129 PartVI. PiratesoftheSouthChinaCoast 19. OutofPovertyandIsolation 137 20. TheDragonLady 144 PartVII. TotheShoresofTripoli 21. NewNation,NewVictim 151 22. “PrebleandHisBoys” 160 23. TheMarinesGoAshore 169 24. TheEndofMediterraneanPiracy... 179 PartVIII. ConclusionsandReﬂections 25. HowPiratesAreMade 185 Contents ix 26. PiratesandTerrorists 190 Notes 193 Bibliography 201 Index 205

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Many peoples throughout history have fought pirates, writes Alfred Bradford in Flying the Black Flag. Some have lost and some have won. We should learn from their experience. From Odysseus—the original pirate of literature and lore—through Blackbeard and the feared pirates of the Spanish Main, h