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Daring Deeds of Famous Pirates

Name: Daring Deeds of Famous Pirates
Author: Edward Keble Chatterton

Edward Keble Chatterton

Read by James R. Hedrick, Loraine Flegal, jenno, PhyllisV, Shasta, Alan Dove, Heather Eney, April Mendis, ReubenJames43 and Nissy · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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The Earliest Pirates (23:12)
The North Sea Pirates (18:42)
Piracy in the Early Tudor Times (23:33)
The Corsairs of the South (30:45)
The Wasps at Work (28:50)
Galleys and Gallantry (27:01)
Piracy in Elizabethan Times (26:30)
Elizabethan Seamen and Turkish Pirates (34:04)
The Stuart Navy Goes forth against the ''Pyrats''' (36:21)
The Good Ship Exchange of Bristol (33:13)
A Wonderful Achievement (28:30)
The Great Sir Henry Morgan (25:36)
''Black Beard'' Teach (20:42)
The Story of Captain Kidd (27:21)
The Exploits of Captain Avery (25:02)
A ''Gentleman'' of Fortune (26:42)
Paul Jones, Pirate and Privateer (29:59)
A Notorious American Pirate (11:22)
The Last of the Algerine Corsairs (20:40)
Pirates of the Persian Gulf (23:33)
The Story of Aaron Smith (27:00)