Cup of Gold: Suggestions for Further Reading
Bartholomew Roberts, another privateer, like Henry Morgan, is seen in this illustration from around 1724 with his ship and some captured merchant ships.
Seventeenth Century England:
French, H.R. The Middle Sort of People in Provincial England, 1600-1750. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2007.
Seventeenth Century Wales:
De Vries, Jan. The Economy of Europe in an Age of Crisis, 1600-1750. New York: Cambridge UP, 1976.
Heal, Felicity and Clive Holmes. The Gentry in England and Wales, 1500-1700. Palo Alto: Stanford U P, 1995.
Indentured Servitude:
Kidd, Colin. British Identities before Nationalism: Ethnicity and Nationhood in the Atlantic World, 1600-1800. New York: Cambridge U P, 1999.
Smith, Woodruff. Consumption and the Making of Respectability, 1600-1800. New York: Routledge Press, 2002.
Van Der Zee, John. Bound Over: Indentured Servitude and the American Conscience. New York: Holiday House Publishing, 1996.
Map of the Slave Trade showing its nexus in the West Indies. For more information: UNESCO.
Slave Ships and Trade in the West Indies:
Krise, Thomas W. Caribbeana: An Anthology of English Literature of the West Indies, 1657-1777. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 1999.
Linebaugh, Peter and Marcus Rediker. The Many-Headed Hydra: The Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic. New York: Beacon Press, 2001.
Postma, Johannes. The Dutch in the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1600-1815. New York: Cambridge U P, 1990.
Rediker, Marcus. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Merchant Seaman, Pirates and the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1700-1750. Cambridge: Cambridge U P, 1987.
Sheridan, Richard. Sugar and Slavery: The Economic History of the British West Indies. Kingston: Canoe Press, 1994.
Taylor, Eric Robert. If We Must Die; Shipboard Insurrections in the Era of the Atlantic Slave Trade (Antislavery, Abolition, and the Atlantic World). Baton Rouge: Louisiana State U P, 2006.
Further Reading on the Life and Times of the Buccaneers:
Eighteenth-century engraving of Anne Bonny, daughter of plantation owners, who joined Calico Jack Rackham's ship disguised as a man.
The following books provide extensive background into the lives and adventures of the pirates of the high seas. These texts chronicle the groups of sea roving pirates who roamed the coastlines of Central America and the Caribbean during the Seventeenth century. Many of the accounts record the journey of famous buccaneers, as well as placing these men and their explorations in a social, historical and chronological context. These stories depict the lives of great captains, navigators, and murderous adventurers who often committed wicked acts of brutality among them the legendary Sir Henry Morgan. Many are appropriate for children as well as adults.
Beahm, George. Caribbean Pirates: A Treasure Chest of Fact, Fiction, and Folklore. Charlottesville: Hampton Roads Publishing, 2007.
Choundas, George. The Pirate Primer: Mastering the Language of Swashbucklers and Rogues. Cincinnati: F & W Publications, 2007.
Cordingly, David. Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates. Orlando: Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1995.
Croce, Pat. Pirate Soul: A Swashbuckling Journey through the Golden Age of Pirates. Philadelphia: Running Press Books, 2006.
Dow, George Francis and John Henry Edmonds. The Pirates of the New England Coast: 1630-1730. Salem: Dover, 1996.
Exquemelin, Alexander O. The Buccaneers of America. New York: Dover, 1981.
Gerhard, Peter. Pirates of New Spain, 1575-1742. Salem: Dover, 2003.
Johnson, Captain Charles and David Cordingly. A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates. New York: Carroll & Graf Publishing House, 1999.
Konstam, Angus. Blackbeard: America's Most Notorious Pirate. Hoboken: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2006.
---. Buccaneers: 1620-1700. Oxford: Osprey Press, 2000.
---. The History of Pirates. Ontario: Lyons Press, 1999.
---. Pirates: Predators of the Seas: An Illustrated History. New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2007
---. The Pirate Ship 1660-1730. Oxford: Osprey Publishing Company, 2003.
---. Privateers & Pirates: 1730-1830. Oxford: Osprey Press, 2001.
---.Scourge of the Seas: Buccaneers, Pirates and Privateers. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2007.
Lewis, Jon. The Mammoth Book of Pirates: Over 25 True Tales of Devilry and Daring by the Most Infamous Pirates of All Time. New York: New York Press, 2006.
Marine Research Society. The Pirates Own Book: Authentic Narratives of the Most Celebrated Sea Robbers. Salem: Dover Publications, 1992.
Perry, Dan. Blackbeard: The Real Pirate of the Caribbean. New York: Basic Books, 2006.
Smith, Horane. Port Royal. Ontario: Boheme Press, 2001.
Woodard, Colin. The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down. Orlando: Harcourt Press, Inc., 2007.
Further Reading on the Life of Captain Henry Morgan:
Breverton, Terry. Admiral Sir Henry Morgan: King of the Buccaneers. New York: Pelican, 2005.
Earle, Peter. The Sack of Panama. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1981.
Little, Benerson. The Sea Rover's Practice: Pirate Tactics and Techniques, 1630-1730. Dulles: Potomac Books, 2005.
Marrin, Albert. Terror of the Spanish Main: Sir Henry Morgan and His Buccaneers. New York: Penguin, 1999.
Petrovich, Sandra Marie. Henry Morgan's Raid on Panama: Geopolitics and Colonial Ramifications, 1669-1674. Lewiston: Edward Mellon Press, 2001.
Pope, Dudley. Harry Morgan's Way: The Biography of Sir Henry Morgan 1635-1684. London: House of Stratus, 2001.
Pope, Dudley. The Buccaneer King: The Biography of Sir Henry Morgan, 1635-1688. Detroit: Dodd Mead Publishing Company, 1978.
Rediker, Marcus. Villains of All Nations: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age. Boston: Beacon Press, 2004.
Rogozinski, Jan. Pirates: Brigands, Buccaneers, and Privateers in Fact, Fiction and Legend. New York: Da Capo Press, 1995.
Rudnick, Martin E. The Jeweled Snuffbox: Sir Henry Morgan Revisited. Lincoln: Writers Club Press, 2001.
Winston, Alexander. No Man Knows My Grave: Privateers and Pirates (1665-1715). New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1969.
Accessible information on the study of Henry Morgan's life.
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Information on the Golden Age of piracy in the Caribbean during the Seventeenth century.
