Life Aboard a Pirate Ship

Life Aboard a Pirate Ship explores the dangerous, complex world behind the black flag. From recruitment, mutiny, and shipboard democracy to naval technology, combat, disease, race, slavery, and the lives of women in maritime society, this book reveals what piracy truly meant during the Golden Age of Piracy. This eleventh volume follows the sailors, captains, and outcasts who turned the Atlantic into a battleground for wealth, freedom, and survival.