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1.		The History of Pirates from The Lyons Press Price: $13.57 Customer Review: "History of Pirates" serves as an excellent introduction to pirates. The book contains several maps and brief biographies of several pirates, including Blackbeard, Stede Bonnet, and others. The narrative is easy to read and flows smoothly. If you are looking for a good introduction to pirates,... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

2.		The Pirate Ship 1660-1730 (New Vanguard) from Osprey Publishing Price: $10.85 Customer Review: `The Pirate Ship, 1660 - 1730': This book's strong points are the full color illustrations, and its strait to the point nature. For a book with 45 pages of content, this book does a fine job of detailing the often obscure nature of the pirate vessel, and includes anecdotes about the various... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

3.		Ghost Ships: Tales of Abandoned, Doomed, and Haunted Vessels from The Lyons Press Price: $12.89 Customer Review: This book obtains the facts of the numorous lost and sunken war, civilian and merchant ships and submarines as well as their lost seamen and those few seamen who lived to discuss their tragedies at sea. It as well obtains the facts of salvaged ships. It continues with an addition of spirits [ghost]... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

4.		Blackbeard: America's Most Notorious Pirate from Wiley Price: $10.85 Customer Review: Honestly I'm shocked that such a renowned author would write so little about the subject in the book's title. This was a book about piracy in general but the exploits of Blackbeard appear in maybe half the book with nothing particularly new to learn. But what bothered me most was when the crew... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

5.		Pirates - Predators of the Seas: An Illustrated History from Skyhorse Publishing Price: $19.77 Customer Review: This is a nice overview of pirating from around the world beginning with the earliest known records 2500 years ago in the eastern Mediterranean, and ends with modern day pirates in the East. As an introductory book, it does a very nice job of giving the big picture. But, as such, it lacks the detail... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

6.		The Forts of Celtic Britain (Fortress) from Osprey Publishing Price: $13.56 Customer Review: A very worthy title, examining the topic concisely yet in detail. Fortifications are not really my strong point, but as far as I could tell the information was accurate. The color plates are also pretty good. The book reads as follows: Introduction Chronology Types of fortified... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

7.		British Napoleonic Ship-of-the-Line (New Vanguard) from Osprey Publishing Price: $10.85 Customer Review: I found this short book both very well written with a fascinating account. I liked reading particularly on sections on how the ships were tendered out to be built which surprisingly to me was not so different from today and how the crews and officers were recruited.	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

8.		Confederate Ironclad 1861-65 (New Vanguard) from Osprey Publishing Price: $13.46 Customer Review: This short book packs a maximum of information into a minimum of pages. Without wasted words, every aspect of Confederate ironclads is covered: design, construction, armor, armament, life on board, strategy, tactics, and actual combat actions. Nor is analysis lacking. The author contends that the... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

9.		Tudor Warships (1): Henry VIII's Navy (New Vanguard) from Osprey Publishing Price: $14.00	Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

10.		Historical Atlas of Exploration: 1492-1600 from Mercury Books Price: $19.50 Customer Review: As a Social Studies teacher I found this book useful and informative. I like the charts and maps and the information is well organized. I was surprised at information left out that would create a clearer picture of who these explorers were. For example, we learn that a crew member on Columbus's ship... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

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