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Golden Age of Piracy: A Resource Guide

Print Resources

The following books from the Library's collections examine the history of the Golden Age of Piracy. The bibliography contains a selection of books for both general readers and for younger readers. Each item links to fuller bibliographic information in the Library of Congress Online Catalog. Links to additional online content are provided when available,

Primary Sources

Dampier's Voyages by William Dampier
Call Number: G420 .D15
Published/Created: 1906
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Madagascar; or, Robert Drury's journal, during fifteen years captivity on that island. by Daniel Defoe
Call Number: PR3405 .M3 1729
Published/Created: 1729
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The buccaneers and marooners of America; being an account of the famous adventures and daring deeds of certain notorious freebooters of the Spanish Main by A.O. Exquemelin; ed. by Howard Pyle
Call Number: F2161 .E833
Published/Created: 1897
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A general history of the pyrates : from their first rise and settlement in the Island of Providence, to the present time by Captain Charles Johnson
Call Number: F2161.D4 1724
Published/Created: 1724
Electronic copy from East Carolina University External
The Pirates own book
Call Number: G535 .P57 1856
Published/Created: 1856
Electronic copy
A cruising voyage round the world by Woodes Rogers
Call Number: G420 .R6
Published/Created: 1712
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Secondary Sources

Pirate Hunter of the Caribbean by David Cordingly
Call Number: G420.R67 C67 2011
ISBN: 9781400068159
Published/Created: 2011-05-17
Under the Black Flag by David Cordingly
Call Number: G535 .C635 2006
ISBN: 081297722X
Published/Created: 2006-05-09
The pirates of the New England coast, 1630-1730 by George Francis Dow
Call Number: F7 .D71
Published/Created: 1923
The Book of Pirate Songs by Stuart M. Frank
Call Number: M1977.S2 B66 1998
ISBN: 0937854050
Published/Created: 1997-03-01
Blackbeard's Last Fight by Angus Konstam; Mark Stacey (Illustrator); Johnny Shumate (Illustrator); Alan Gilliland (Illustrator)
Call Number: F257.T422 K67 2013
ISBN: 9781780961958
Published/Created: 2013-06-18
Piracy by Angus Konstam
Call Number: G535 .K618 2008
ISBN: 9781846032400
Published/Created: 2008-08-19
The Republic of Pirates by Colin Woodard
Call Number: F2161 .W56 2007
ISBN: 9780151013029
Published/Created: 2007-05-07

Popular Literature

Peter and Wendy by J.M. Barrie ; illustrated by F.D. Bedford.
Call Number: PZ8.B276 Pet2
Published/Created: 1911
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The life and strange surprizing adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, mariner by Daniel Defoe
Call Number: PZ3.D362 R3
Published/Created: 1719
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Howard Pyle's Book of pirates : fiction, fact & fancy concerning the buccaneers & marooners of the Spanish Main by Howard Pyle
Call Number: PS2670 .B6
Published/Created: 1921
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The Rose of Paradise : being a detailed account of certain adventures that happened to Captain John Mackra, in connection with the famous pirate, Edward England, in the year 1720, off the island of Juanna in the Mozambique Channel by Howard Pyle
Call Number: PZ3.P993 Ro
Published/Created: 1888
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The pirate by Walter Scott
Call Number: PR5320 .P5 1863
Published/Created: 1863
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Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Call Number: PZ3.S848 T3 PR5486
Published/Created: [1886]
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