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What does a carved coconut shell have to do with one of the most deadly pirates in history? Dr Robert Blyth follows the story of Bartholomew Roberts, and the 'forgotten pirate hunter' Captain Chaloner Ogle
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A series of illustrations by Livia Giorgina Carpineto brings the world of notorious pirate queen Zheng Yi Sao to life
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To the Officers and Corps of Volunteers of Cowes, This View of West Cowes with the Volunteers on the Parade... (Print)
Eddystone Light House from the Westward (Print)
A view of the Table Mountain and Cape Town, at the Cape of Good Hope (Print)
A View of the Town of Fonchial, the Capital of the Island of Madeira (Print)
The Essex East Indiaman Refitted, and at Anchor in Bombay Harbour (Print)
A view of Batavia the Capital of the Dutch - settlements in India (Print)
England south coast Cornwall Helford River and the Manacles Rocks surveyed by Capt. G. Williams and Mr. J.S. Wells Mastr. R.N. 1854 (Chart)
England south coast Cornwall Helford River and the Manacles Rocks surveyed by Capt. G. Williams and Mr. J.S. Wells Mastr. R.N. 1854 (Chart)
England, south coast, Mounts Bay, Penzance Bay surveyed by Commr. Williams and Mr J. Wells, Master 1851 (Chart)
A View of the Praca do Commercio at Lisbon, taken from the Tagus... (Print)
Attack on Gibraltar in 1781, by the Spanish Floating Batteries (Print)
A ship of the Line sailing from the Downs with a view of Sandown Castle at Deal (Print)
A Brig, with a view of Old Harry in Studland Bay (Print)
Entrance into Halifax Harbour (Print)
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