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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (337 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780813055664 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Pieces of eight : more archaeology of piracy.DDC classification:
  • 930.1028/04 23
LOC classification:
  • CC77.U5 P54 2016eb
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Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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