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Enemy of all mankind : a true story of piracy, power, and history's first global manhunt

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text Enemy of all mankind : a true story of piracy, power, and history's first global manhunt

Johnson, Steven

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Summary
"How did a single manhunt spark the modern era of multinational capitalism? Henry Avery was the seventeenth century's most notorious pirate. The press published wildly popular--and wildly inaccurate--reports of his nefarious adventures. The Britis... Read more
Contents
Origin stories -- The uses of terror -- The rise of the Mughals -- Hostis Humani Generis -- Two kinds of treasure -- Spanish expedition shipping -- The universe conquerer -- Holding patterns -- The drunken boatswain -- The Fancy -- The pirate vers... Read more
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286 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
Publisher
Riverhead Books 2020
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Woodmere (Main Branch) 910.4 JOH in Adult Non-fiction Reshelving

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