Category: Adventure
Renown of Captain Kidd.--Wild Legends.--Demands of Spain.--Opposition of the Maritime Powers.--The Rise of the Buccaneers.--The Pirates’ Code.--Remonstrance of Spain.--Reply of France and England.--Confession of a Buccaneer.--Adventures of Peter the Great. 9
Audacity of Kidd.--Fate of the November.--Kidd kills William Moore.--The Renowned Ballad.--Kidd’s Compunctions.--Kidd at Madagascar.--Piratic Carousals.--The Artificial Hell.--K...
27. CHAPTER IVAppalling Tidings.--Trip to Curacoa.--Disposal of the Quedagh Merchant.--Purchase of the Antonio.--Trembling Approach toward New York.--Measures for the Arrest of Kidd.--He ente...
25. CHAPTER II.Ravages of the Pirates.--The King’s Interview with Earl Bellomont.--William Kidd, the New-York Merchant.--His Commission.--Sailing of the Adventure.--Recruiting in New York.--Ci...
37. CHAPTER XIV.His Origin.--Goes to the West Indies.--Joins the Buccaneers.--Meets Mansvelt the Pirate.--Conquest of St. Catharine.--Piratic Colony there.--Ravaging the Coast of Costa Rica.--S...
24. CHAPTER I.Renown of Captain Kidd.--Wild Legends.--Demands of Spain.--Opposition of the Maritime Powers.--The Rise of the Buccaneers.--The Pirates’ Code.--Remonstrance of Spain.--Reply of...
32. CHAPTER IXEarly Life of Lolonois.--His Desperate Character.--Joins the Buccaneers.--His Fiend-like Cruelty.--The Desperadoes Rally around Him.--Equips a Fleet.--Captures Rich Prizes.--Pla...
40. CHAPTER XVII.Preparations for the Defence of Gibraltar.--The Hidden Ships.--The Hiding-place of the Governor and the Women.--Disasters and Failure.--Capture of the Spanish Ships.--The Retrea...
33. CHAPTER X.Gibraltar in Ashes.--The Return to Maracaibo.--Division of the Plunder.--Peculiar Scene.--Reception of the Pirates at Tortuga.--Fiend-like Carousal.--The Pirates Reduced to Begg...
43. CHAPTER XX.Preparations to Ascend the River.--Crowding of the Boats.--The Bivouac at Bracos.--Sufferings from Hunger.--The Pathless Route.--The Boats Abandoned.--Light Canoes Employed.--Ab...
34. CHAPTER XI.The Pirates’ Perfidy.--Capture of a Spanish Ship.--Misery of the Pirates.--Desertion of Vauclin.--The Shipwreck.--Life upon the Island.--Expedition to Nicaragua.--Its utter Fail...
46. CHAPTER XXIII.Partial Solution of a Mystery.--Montbar’s Birth.--His Education and Delusions.--Anecdote of the Dramatic Performance.--Montbar Runs Away from Home.--Enters the Navy.--His Feroci...
29. CHAPTER VI.Seizure of the Protestant Cæsar.--The Piratic Squadron.--Villany of the Buccaneers.--The Atrocities of Blackbeard.--Illustrative Anecdotes.--Carousals on Shore.--Alleged Complic...
41. CHAPTER XVIII.The Threat to Espinosa.--Adroit Stratagem.--Wonderful Escape.--The Storm.--Revelry at Jamaica.--History of Hispaniola.--Plan of a New Expedition.--The Foraging Ships.--Morgan’s...
30. CHAPTER VII.Bonnet’s Abandonment by Blackbeard.--Avails Himself of the King’s Pardon.--Takes Commission as a Privateer.--Rescues Blackbeard’s Pirates.--Piratic Career.--Enters Cape Fear Riv...
44. CHAPTER XXI.First Sight of the City.--The Spanish Scouts Appear.--Morgan’s Advance.--Character of the Country.--Fears of the Spaniards.--Removal of Treasure.--Capture of the City.--The Pois...
38. CHAPTER XV.The Torture.--Sickness and Misery.--Measures of the Governor of Panama.--The Ambuscade.--Awful Defeat of the Spaniards.--Ferocity of the Pirates.--Strange Correspondence.--Excha...
42. CHAPTER XIX.The Defences at St. Catherine.--Morgan’s Strategy.--The Midnight Storm.--Deplorable Condition of the Pirates.--The Summons to Surrender.--Disgraceful Conduct of the Spanish Comm...
39. CHAPTER XVI.The Delay at Ocoa.--Hunting Excursions.--The Repulse.--Cities of Venezuela.--The Plan of Morgan.--Suggestions of Pierre Picard.--Sailing of the Expedition.--They Touch at Oruba....
35. CHAPTER XII.Testimony of Charles Johnson.--Marriage of Mary Read’s Mother.--Singular Adventure.--Reasons for Disguising her Daughter.--Early Training of Mary as a Boy.--She Enlists on board...
28. CHAPTER V.The Guilt of Kidd.--Rumors of Buried Treasure.--Mesmeric Revelation.--Adventures of Bradish.--Strange Character of Major Bonnet.--His Piracies.--Encounters.--Indications of Insa...
31. CHAPTER VIII.Commencement of his Career.--Bold Capture.--Brutality of the Pirates.--Reverses and Captivity.--Barthelemy doomed to Die.--His Escape.--Sufferings in the Forest.--Reaches Gulf T...
36. CHAPTER XIII.Rackam the Pirate.--Anne Bonny his Wife.--Reasons for Assuming a Boy’s Dress.--Infamous Character of Rackam.--Anne falls in Love with Mary.--Curious Complications.--The Duel.--C...
45. CHAPTER XXII.Return of the Explorers.--The Beautiful Captive.--Sympathy in her behalf.--Embarrassments of Morgan.--Inflexible Virtue of the Captive.--The Conspiracy.--Efficiency of Morgan.--...
14. CHAPTER XIV.His Origin.--Goes to the West Indies.--Joins the Buccaneers.--Meets Mansvelt the Pirate.--Conquest of St. Catharine.--Piratic Colony there.--Ravaging the Coast of Costa Rica.--S...
15. CHAPTER XV.The Torture.--Sickness and Misery.--Measures of the Governor of Panama.--The Ambuscade.--Awful Defeat of the Spaniards.--Ferocity of the Pirates.--Strange Correspondence.--Excha...
20. CHAPTER XX.Preparations to Ascend the River.--Crowding of the Boats.--The Bivouac at Bracos.--Sufferings from Hunger.--The Pathless Route.--The Boats Abandoned.--Light Canoes Employed.--Ab...
12. CHAPTER XII.Testimony of Charles Johnson.--Marriage of Mary Read’s Mother.--Singular Adventure.--Reasons for Disguising her Daughter.--Early Training of Mary as a Boy.--She Enlists on board...
17. CHAPTER XVII.Preparations for the Defence of Gibraltar.--The Hidden Ships.--The Hiding-place of the Governor and the Women.--Disaster and Failure.--Capture of the Spanish Ships.--The Retreat...
4. CHAPTER IV.Appalling Tidings.--Trip to Curacoa.--Disposal of the Quedagh Merchant.--Purchase of the Antonio.--Trembling Approach toward New York.--Measures for the Arrest of Kidd.--He ente...
6. CHAPTER VI.Seizure of the Protestant Cæsar.--The Piratic Squadron.--Villany of the Buccaneers.--The Atrocities of Blackbeard.--Illustrative Anecdotes.--Carousals on Shore.--Alleged Complic...
2. CHAPTER II.Ravages of the Pirates.--The King’s Interview with Earl Bellomont.--William Kidd, the New-York Merchant.--His Commission.--Sailing of the Adventure.--Recruiting in New York.--Ci...
11. CHAPTER XI.The Pirates’ Perfidy.--Capture of a Spanish Ship.--Misery of the Pirates.--Desertion of Vauclin.--The Shipwreck.--Life upon the Island.--Expedition to Nicaragua.--Its utter Fail...
13. CHAPTER XIII.Rackam the Pirate.--Anne Bonny his Wife.--Her Reasons for Assuming a Boy’s Dress.--Infamous Character of Rackam.--Anne falls in Love with Mary.--Curious Complications.--The Duel...
21. CHAPTER XXI.First Sight of the City.--The Spanish Scouts Appear.--Morgan’s Advance.--Character of the Country.--Fears of the Spaniards.--Removal of Treasure.--Capture of the City.--The Pois...
10. CHAPTER X.Gibraltar in Ashes.--The Return to Maracaibo.--Division of the Plunder.--Peculiar Scene.--Reception of the Pirates at Tortuga.--Fiend-like Carousal.--The Pirates Reduced to Begg...
18. CHAPTER XVIII.The Threat to Espinosa.--Adroit Stratagem.--Wonderful Escape.--The Storm.--Revelry at Jamaica.--History of Hispaniola.--Plan of a New Expedition.--The Foraging Ships.--Morgan’s...
7. CHAPTER VII.Bonnet’s Abandonment by Blackbeard.--Avails Himself of the King’s Pardon.--Takes Commission as a Privateer.--Rescues Blackbeard’s Pirates.--Piratic Career.--Enters Cape Fear Riv...
16. CHAPTER XVI.The Delay at Ocoa.--Hunting Excursions.--The Repulse.--Cities of Venezuela.--The Plan of Morgan.--Suggestions of Pierre Picard.--Sailing of the Expedition.--They Touch at Oruba....
23. CHAPTER XXIII.Partial Solution of a Mystery.--Montbar’s Birth.--His Education and Delusions.--Anecdote of the Dramatic Performance.--Montbar Runs Away from Home.--Enters the Navy.--His Feroci...
9. CHAPTER IX.Early Life of Lolonois.--His Desperate Character.--Joins the Buccaneers.--His Fiend-like Cruelty.--The Desperadoes Rally around Him.--Equips a Fleet.--Captures Rich Prizes.--Pla...
8. CHAPTER VIII.Commencement of his Career.--Bold Capture.--Brutality of the Pirates.--Reverses and Captivity.--Barthelemy doomed to Die.--His Escape.--Sufferings in the Forest.--Reaches Gulf T...
19. CHAPTER XIX.The Defences at St. Catherine.--Morgan’s Strategy.--The Midnight Storm.--Deplorable Condition of the Pirates.--The Summons to Surrender.--Disgraceful Conduct of the Spanish Comm...
1. CHAPTER I.Renown of Captain Kidd.--Wild Legends.--Demands of Spain.--Opposition of the Maritime Powers.--The Rise of the Buccaneers.--The Pirates’ Code.--Remonstrance of Spain.--Reply of...
22. CHAPTER XXII.Return of the Explorers.--The Beautiful Captive.--Sympathy in her behalf.--Embarrassments of Morgan.--Inflexible Virtue of the Captive.--The Conspiracy.--Efficiency of Morgan.--...
3. CHAPTER III.Audacity of Kidd.--Fate of the November.--Kidd kills William Moore.--The Renowned Ballad.--Kidd’s Compunctions.--Kidd at Madagascar.--Piratic Carousals.--The Artificial Hell.--K...
5. CHAPTER V.The Guilt of Kidd.--Rumors of Buried Treasure.--Mesmeric Revelation.--Adventures of Bradish.--Strange Character of Major Bonnet.--His Piracies.--Encounters.--Indications of Insa...