Piracy History

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    • A Global History
    • Written by: Craig L. Symonds
    • Narrated by: Eric Martin
    • Length: 25 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 2018-12-04
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 47 ratings
    • Craig Symonds shows how any limitations on naval warfare would become irrelevant before the decade was up. World War II at Sea offers a global perspective, focusing on the major engagements and personalities and revealing both their scale and their interconnection....

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    • The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates
    • Written by: Eric Jay Dolin
    • Narrated by: Paul Brion
    • Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 2018-10-16
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 16 ratings
    • Set against the backdrop of the Age of Exploration, Black Flags, Blue Waters reveals the dramatic and surprising history of American piracy's "Golden Age" - spanning the late 1600s through the early 1700s - when lawless pirates plied the coastal waters of North America and beyond....

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    • The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
    • Written by: Nathaniel Philbrick
    • Narrated by: Scott Brick
    • Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 2005-06-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 33 ratings
    • The ordeal of the whaleship Essex was an event as mythic in the nineteenth century as the sinking of the Titanic was in the twentieth....

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    • A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
    • Written by: David Grann
    • Narrated by: Dion Graham, David Grann
    • Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 2023-04-18
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 110 ratings
    • On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell....

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    • Warfare in Northern Europe, 750-1100
    • Written by: Philip Line
    • Narrated by: Robert Fass
    • Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 2015-10-15
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 21 ratings
    • The Vikings had an extraordinary and far-reaching historical impact. From the eighth to the 11th centuries, they ranged across Europe - raiding, exploring, and colonizing....

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    • The Rise, Fall, and Enduring Popularity of Pirates
    • Written by: David Head - Edited by
    • Narrated by: David Colacci
    • Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 2024-03-26
    • Language: English
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    • The twelve entries in The Golden Age of Piracy discuss why pirates thrived in the seas of the New World, how pirates operated their plundering ventures, how governments battled piracy, and when and why piracy declined.

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    • Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
    • Written by: Hampton Sides
    • Narrated by: Peter Noble
    • Length: 15 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 2024-04-09
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 16 ratings
    • From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook’s death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day....

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    • Written by: Peter FitzSimons
    • Narrated by: Michael Carman
    • Length: 22 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 2018-10-30
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 28 ratings
    • The mutiny on HMS Bounty, in the South Pacific on 28 April 1789, is one of history's truly great stories - a tale of human drama, intrigue and adventure of the highest order - and in the hands of Peter FitzSimons it comes to life as never before. Commissioned by the Royal Navy to collect breadfruit plants from Tahiti and take them to the West Indies, the Bounty's crew found themselves in a tropical paradise. Five months later, they did not want to leave.

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    • A Captivating Guide to the Role of Pirates in Maritime History During the Early Modern Period, Including Stories of Anne Bonny, Sir Francis Drake, and William Kidd
    • Written by: Captivating History
    • Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
    • Length: 4 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 2022-01-31
    • Language: English
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    • The history of the Golden Age of Piracy, the one that has shaped the modern conception of a pirate, is complex and long, with lots of information to cover....

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    • A Lifetime of Extraordinary Discoveries on the Ocean Floor
    • Written by: David L. Mearns
    • Narrated by: Dan Woren
    • Length: 16 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 2018-06-26
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • The Shipwreck Hunter chronicles David L. Mearns' most intriguing finds. It describes the extraordinary techniques used, the detailed research, and the courage required to find a wreck thousands of feet beneath the sea, plus the moving human stories that lie behind these tragedies....

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    • Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the Perilous Birth of the British Empire
    • Written by: Laurence Bergreen
    • Narrated by: Michael Page
    • Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 2021-03-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • In this grand and thrilling narrative, the acclaimed biographer of Magellan, Columbus, and Marco Polo brings alive the singular life and adventures of Sir Francis Drake, the pirate/explorer/admiral whose mastery of the seas during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I changed....

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    • The Battle of Cape Lopez and the Birth of an American Institution
    • Written by: Angela C. Sutton
    • Narrated by: Christopher Grove
    • Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 2024-11-05
    • Language: English
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    • No one present at the Battle of Cape Lopez off the coast of West Africa in 1722 could have known that they were on the edge of history. This obscure yet fierce naval battle would have a monumental impact on British colonies and the future of slavery in America.

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    • The Common Seaman in the Heroic Age of Sail
    • Written by: Stephen Taylor
    • Narrated by: Matthew Waterson
    • Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 2020-05-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • A brilliant telling of the history of the common seaman in the age of sail and his role in Britain's trade, exploration, and warfare....

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    • The True Story of Heroism and Tragedy Aboard the Can Do
    • Written by: Michael J. Tougias
    • Narrated by: Joe Barrett
    • Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 2006-04-12
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • He gathered his crew of four, readied his 49-foot steel boat, the Can Do, and entered the maelstrom of the blizzard that was to become known as the "Storm of the Century"....

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    • The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
    • Written by: Nathaniel Philbrick
    • Narrated by: Taylor Mali
    • Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 2015-09-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
    • In 1819, the 240-ton Essex set sail from Nantucket on a routine voyage. Fifteen months later, in the farthest reaches of the South Pacific, it was repeatedly rammed and sunk....

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    • The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk
    • Written by: Buddy Levy
    • Narrated by: Will Damron
    • Length: 14 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 2022-12-06
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 34 ratings
    • The true, harrowing story of the ill-fated 1913 Canadian Arctic Expedition and the two men who came to define it....

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    • A True Story of Piracy, Power, and History's First Global Manhunt
    • Written by: Steven Johnson
    • Narrated by: Jason Culp
    • Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 2020-05-12
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
    • From the New York Times best-selling author of The Ghost Map and Extra Life, the story of a pirate who changed the world....

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    • The Mississippi When It Last Ran Wild
    • Written by: Lee Sandlin Jeff
    • Narrated by: Jeff McCarthy
    • Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 2010-11-09
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Acclaimed journalist and author Lee Sandlin delivers a riveting glimpse of a dangerous and colorful place in America’s historical landscape....

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    • Written by: Joshua Levine
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble, Leighton Pugh
    • Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 2017-06-27
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • The Battle of Dunkirk, in May/June 1940, is remembered as a stunning defeat yet a major victory as well....

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