CONTENTS

CHAP.PAGE
I.The Earliest Pirates[17]
II.The North Sea Pirates[29]
III.Piracy in the Early Tudor Times[37]
IV.The Corsairs of the South[48]
V.The Wasps at Work[60]
VI.Galleys and Gallantry[70]
VII.Piracy in Elizabethan Times[79]
VIII.Elizabethan Seamen and Turkish Pirates[89]
IX.The Stuart Navy goes forth against the “Pyrats”[101]
X.The Good Ship Exchange of Bristol[114]
XI.A Wonderful Achievement[126]
XII.The Great Sir Henry Morgan[136]
XIII.“Black Beard” Teach[151]
XIV.The Story of Captain Kidd[162]
XV.The Exploits of Captain Avery[172]
XVI.A “Gentleman” of Fortune[183]
XVII.Paul Jones, Pirate and Privateer[196]
XVIII.A Notorious American Pirate[210]
XIX.The Last of the Algerine Corsairs[217]
XX.Pirates of the Persian Gulf[224]
XXI.The Story of Aaron Smith[235]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

A Fierce Duel[Frontispiece]
FACING PAGE
A Daring Attack[54]
Galley Slaves[76]
Gallantry against Odds[90]
Blighted Hopes[104]
Bombardment of Algiers[220]
Attacking a Pirate Stronghold[232]

NOTE

The contents of this book have been taken from Lieutenant Keble Chatterton’s larger and more expensive volume entitled The Romance of Piracy.