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| Preface | [vii] |
| Carlo Zeno: Hero of the Venetian Republic | [1] |
| Sir Francis Drake: Rover and Sea Ranger | [23] |
| Sir Walter Raleigh: Persecutor of the Spaniards | [53] |
| Jean Bart: The Scourge of the Dutch | [83] |
| Du Guay-Trouin: The Great French “Blue” | [113] |
| Edward England: Terror of the South Seas | [137] |
| Woodes Rogers: The Bristol Mariner | [153] |
| Fortunatus Wright: The Most Hated Privateersman of the Mediterranean Sea | [173] |
| George Walker: Winner of the Gamest Sea Fight of the English Channel | [199] |
| John Paul Jones: The Founder of the American Navy | [239] |
| Captain Silas Talbot: Staunch Privateersman of New England | [283] |
| Captain “Josh” Barney: The Irrepressible Yankee | [299] |
| Robert Surcouf: The “Sea Hound” from St. Malo | [319] |
| Lafitte: Privateer, Pirate, and Terror of the Gulf of Mexico | [341] |
| Raphael Semmes: Despoiler of American Commerce | [373] |
| El Capitan | [393] |
| Retrospect | [397] |