The History Of Pirates :

Traces the history of piracy from ancient Greece to the present, and describes the exploits of Black Beard, Captain Kidd, Bartholomew Roberts, and Benito de Soto.

ANGUS KONSTAM has written over a dozen books on piracy, shipwrecks, and exploration for the Atlas series. He has made a lifelong study of maritime history and archaeology, and the history of early European development. He is a museum professional with experience in both Britain and the United States, and holds degrees in history and archaeology.

David Cordingly is the editor of A General History of the Robberies & Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates. He was on the staff of the National Maritime Museum, London, for twelve years, and organized such exhibitions as ‘The Art of the Van de Veldes’ and the acclaimed and highly successful ‘Pirates: Fact & Fiction’. Cordingly graduated from Oxford University, where he read modern history, and received his doctorate from the University of Sussex.