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My dear Boys: - The sea stretches away from the land, - a vast sheet of unknown possibilities. Now gray, now blue, now slate colored, whipped into a thousand windrows by the storm, churned into a seething mass of frothing spume and careening bubbles, it pleases, lulls, then terrorizes and dismays. Perpetually intervening as a barrier between peoples and their countries, the wild, sobbing ocean rises, falls and roars in agony. It is a stoppage to progress and contact between races of men and warring nations.
In the breasts of all souls slumbers the fire of adventure. To penetrate the unknown, to there find excitement, battle, treasure, so that one's future life can be one of ease and indolence - for this men have sacrificed the more stable occupations on land in order to push recklessly across the death-dealing billows. They have battled with the elements; they have suffered dread diseases; they have been tormented, with thirst; with a torrid sun and with strange weather; they have sorrowed and they have sinned in order to gain fame, fortune, and renown. On the wide sweep of the ocean, even as on the rolling plateau of the once uninhabited prairie, many a harrowing tragedy has been enacted.
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Paperback. Etat : New. Print on Demand. This book details the lives and voyages of six famous privateers and pirateers from the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, men who made their names as heroes, cutthroats, and plunderers on the high seas. From Carlo Zeno, a Venetian naval leader who defended his homeland against the Ottoman Empire, to Jean Bart, a notorious French privateer who preyed on Dutch ships, these buccaneers' exploits defined an era of maritime exploration, trade, and conflict. Filled with tales of daring raids, sea battles, and hidden treasures, these stories offer a glimpse into a bygone period when swashbuckling seafarers sailed the oceans in search of adventure and fortune. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781440076152_0
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Paperback. Etat : Brand New. 462 pages. 9.02x5.98x0.94 inches. This item is printed on demand. N° de réf. du vendeur zk1440076154
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