The English also had a reputation, shared with the Dutch, for blowing up their ships to avoid capture. In 1611, for instance, the Spanish Admiral Don Pedro de toledo captured a Turkish pirate ship, but its English consort, 'being wont… — Peter Earle Copy Share Image
This villainous heterogenous mass of ocean highwaymen are the very ejectment of the four quarters of the globe. — Peter Earle Copy Share Image
The country (England) which was called a nation of pirates in the years around 1600 would eventually become the pirates' greatest scourge, not just… — Peter Earle Copy Share Image
Pirate historians have now discovered social history, the branch of history which in the last two decades or so has been the most dynamic… — Peter Earle Copy Share Image
The English also had a reputation, shared with the Dutch, for blowing up their ships to avoid capture. In 1611, for instance, the Spanish… — Peter Earle Copy Share Image
