Screen LibraryPirate hunting：the fight against pirates, privateers, and sea raiders from antiquity to the present
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Potomac Books,
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| Publisher Address: | Washington, D.C. |
| Publication Dates: | c2010. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xv, 359 p. [16] p. of plates: ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781597972918 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1597972916 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | K104 |
| CLC: | K104 |
| Call Number: | K104/L778 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-342) and index. Of black flags and bloody banners: The pursuit of pirates and privateers -- Heroes of the fantastic: Pirate hunting in the Age of the Iliad -- In the Age of Ancient Empires: Pirate hunting in the Mediterranean, 1450-700 BC -- Of laurel leaves and pirate princes: Pirate hunting in the Mediterranean, 700 BC-AD 476 -- The scourge from the North: Standing against the Norsemen, 780-1066 -- A sea roving free-for-all: In the Age of Ancient Empires: Pirate hunting in the Northern Seas, 1066-1492 -- Of faith, galleys, and greed: Defeating the Mediterranean Corsairs, 476-1492 ... |