The Devil's Anarchy: The Sea Robberies of the Most Famous Pirate Claes G. Compaen, and The Very Remarkable Travels of Jan Erasmus Reyning, BuccaneerAutonomedia, 2005 - 212 pages This book explores pirate culture as radical social organization: a salty picture of anarchic pirate life, liberated, pleasurable and violent!Rebelling against hierarchical society and choosing the Jolly Roger, pirates entered the political spheres of anarchist organization and festival, with death and violence ever-present. Pirates created an upside-down world full of heroics as well as the deep horrors of life outside authority.Examining piracy as limited social rebellion,The Devil's Anarchy travels from the Hollywood pirate-as-hero to the stories of two great Dutch pirates: Claes Compaen, who terrorized the seas from 1623 to 1627, and Jan Erasmus Reyning, who ruled the seas a half-century later.This unique focus on the politics of piracy in the 17th and 18th centuries, featuring the first english translations of key Dutch texts, makes this a hugely entertaining book that provides insight into the real lives of these legendary bandits of the seas. |
Contents
Section 1 | 1 |
Section 2 | 8 |
Section 3 | 10 |
Section 4 | 12 |
Section 5 | 13 |
Section 6 | 17 |
Section 7 | 18 |
Section 8 | 22 |
Section 17 | 63 |
Section 18 | 71 |
Section 19 | 75 |
Section 20 | 103 |
Section 21 | 123 |
Section 22 | 127 |
Section 23 | 131 |
Section 24 | 135 |
Section 9 | 23 |
Section 10 | 26 |
Section 11 | 34 |
Section 12 | 46 |
Section 13 | 51 |
Section 14 | 54 |
Section 15 | 55 |
Section 16 | 57 |
Section 25 | 140 |
Section 26 | 145 |
Section 27 | 157 |
Section 28 | 187 |
Section 29 | 197 |
Section 30 | 199 |
Section 31 | 205 |
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The Devil's Anarchy: The Sea Robberies of the Most Famous Pirate Claes G ... Stephen Snelders No preview available - 2014 |
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