Jolly Roger 104 on-the-spot photographs chronicle the

104 on-the-spot photographs chronicle the phases of the discovery and the scrupulous cataloging of the treasures

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Reprint of the Architectural Book Publishing Company

Jolly Roger 104 on-the-spot photographs chronicle the"Highly entertaining and well documented." TheNew York Times While history has painted most pirates as "abominable brutes," capable of the worst cruelties and driven by insatiable greed, the author of this fascinating study insists that pirates have suffered more than their share of bad press, mainly from popularizing writers trying to sell books. He notes, for example, that Henry Morgan always carried privateering commissions signed by the governor