Pirate World

"Неважно, где в данный момент находится главный герой: в своём привычном мире на Земле или в таком страшном, жестоком и удивительно фантастическом, мире как СТИКС, полном различных монстров и людей, как пополняющих.

Students hate history. That’s because 95 percent of high school and college history students don’t know what they are supposed to be learning. History is not an academic subject; it’s a tool for life. If history teachers knew what they were doing, they’d be teaching their students to “think like a pirate". Which is exactly what this book does. 

The practice of piracy has been with us since human beings first sailed into open waters. Pirates, in fact, are still a phenomenon to this very day. From pirates of the Caribbean to the modern-day pirates of Somalia - there have always been those who would engage in acts of both banditry and bravado on the high seas. This book follows the exploits and dastardly deeds of these crooked sailors. Here you will learn about pirates like Captain Morgan, Blackbeard, a Pirate Queen, and many more infamous figures.

Young David Balfour is the rightful heir but his uncle has other plans. This story recounts Master Balfour's escape on the high seas and his adventures making his way back across Scottish Highlands.

Josh Flagsmith is a brave, epileptic pirate boy. Born with visionary powers, Josh is chosen as the Pirate Guardian, and entrusted with the onyx Stone of Truth, which he uses to control his epilepsy. But when a cruel colonist dictator seizes power and throws Josh’s parents in prison, Josh has to escape and sail to the island of Amaryllis to seek aid from the Pirate Council. Helped by his friends, Sandy and Megs, and the dictator’s cunning stepdaughter, Lavinia, Josh must find a way to rescue his parents and overthrow the evil dictator.

Tres guardianes son designados para cuidar un nuevo faro situado en la Isla de los Estados, una isla localizada a 200 kilómetros al noreste del Cabo de Hornos, al Sur de Argentina. Desafortunadamente, la isla cuenta entre sus residentes con un grupo de piratas liderados por Kongre. El grupo había estado esperando durante años la oportunidad de apoderarse de un barco y así abandonar el lugar. Los bandidos asesinan a dos de los guardianes y toman posesión del faro.

Tres guardianes son designados para cuidar un nuevo faro situado en la Isla de los Estados, una isla localizada a 200 kilómetros al noreste del Cabo de Hornos, al Sur de Argentina. Desafortunadamente, la isla cuenta entre sus residentes con un grupo de piratas liderados por Kongre. El grupo había estado esperando durante años la oportunidad de apoderarse de un barco y así abandonar el lugar. Los bandidos asesinan a dos de los guardianes y toman posesión del faro.

The 16th and 17th centuries saw the emergence of a new threat to government and organized society. Privateers and pirates raided along the coast of powerful countries and were, at times, at war with England, France, and Spain. They developed their own system of rules, a code of morality, and a very rough form of government. Pirates were eventually able to organize behind a captain who eventually would become like a governor with judicial power over all the pirates and control over settlements taken by the pirates in raids.

La historia de la edad de oro de la piratería, la que ha dado forma a la concepción moderna de un pirata, es compleja y larga, con mucha información que abarcar. Hasta ahora, no había ningún tomo que cubriera los detalles clave de la edad de oro en un formato comprensible y fácil de escuchar.

In 1690, a dramatic account of piracy was published in Mexico City. The Misfortunes of Alonso Ramírez described the incredible adventures of a poor Spanish-American carpenter who was taken captive by British pirates near the Philippines and forced to work for them for two years. After circumnavigating the world, he was freed and managed to return to Mexico, where the Spanish viceroy commissioned the well-known Mexican scholar Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora to write down Ramírez's account as part of an imperial propaganda campaign against pirates.

Voi conoscete i Pirati come gente spietata, predoni del mare, ma non e' l'unica realtà; c'è ben altro che la società per ovvi motivi non vi ha raccontato. Chiaro che chi era dedito a delinquere sulla terra ferma ha sfruttato quella che è stata un'epoca fiorente per il traffico marittimo per insidiarsi, razziare, saccheggiare, delinquere, assaltare ed uccidere... Ma se vi dicessi che tutto questo non è altro che un solo punto di vista di ciò che è stato? Benvenuti dall'altra parte della storia!