Pirate Killers: The Royal Navy and the African Pirates

by Graham A. Thomas

Book Overview

One hundred and fifty years ago the Royal Navy fought a daring campaign against ruthless pirates and won, killing 'The King of the Pirates', Bartholomew Roberts off the coast of Africa and capturing his fleet. Scores of his men were executed by the Admiralty Court.

On the Barbary Coast of North Africa pirates preyed on shipping in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic as they had done for centuries and they terrorized the populations of the coastal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848842406
• ISBN13: 9781848842403
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Pen and Sword Maritime
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.4"