Books with title The Pirates of Panama

By the universal law of nations, robbery or forcible depredation upon the "high seas," animo furandi, is piracy. The meaning of the phrase "high seas," embraces not only the waters of the ocean, which are out of sight of land, but the waters on the sea coast below low water mark, whether within the territorial boundaries of a foreign nation, or of a domestic state. Blackstone says that the main sea or high sea begins at low water mark. But between the high water mark and low water mark, where the tide ebbs and flows, the common law and the Admiralty have divisum imperium, an alternate jurisdiction, one upon the water when it is full sea; the other upon the land when it is ebb. He doubtless here refers to the waters of the ocean on the sea coast, and not in creeks and inlets. Lord Hale says that the sea is either that which lies within the body of a country or without. That which lies without the body of a country is called the main sea or ocean. So far then as regards the states of the American union, "high seas," may be taken to mean that part of the ocean which washes the sea coast, and is without the body of any country, according to the common law; and so far as regards foreign nations, any waters on their sea coasts, below low water mark...

Manu and Maya get kidnapped by pirates! They don't know where they are going; all Manu knows is that the captain of the pirate ship is looking for a hidden treasure. The captain develops a liking for Manu after Manu is able to help him find the first clue. But Manu knows that the captain is not reading the clues well and will keep Manu and Maya on the ship forever. Is Manu able to figure out where the treasure is? Did he and Maya escape the pirates?

She was the largest, fastest, and latest thing in seagoing destroyers, and though the specifications called for but thirty-six knots' speed, she had made thirty-eight on her trial trip, and later, under careful nursing by her engineers, she had increased this to forty knots an hour-five knots faster than any craft afloat-and, with a clean bottom, this speed could be depended upon at any time it was needed. She carried four twenty-one-inch torpedo tubes and a battery of six twelve-pounder, rapid-fire guns; also, she carried two large searchlights and a wireless equipment of seventy miles reach, the aërials of which stretched from the truck of her short signal mast aft to a short pole at the taffrail. Her crew was not on board, however. Newly scraped and painted in the dry dock, she had been hauled out, stored, and fueled by a navy-yard gang, and now lay at the dock, ready for sea-ready for her draft of men in the morning, and with no one on board for the night but the executive officer, who, with something on his mind, had elected to remain, while the captain and other commissioned officers went ashore for the night.

By the universal law of nations, robbery or forcible depredation upon the "high seas," animo furandi, is piracy. The meaning of the phrase "high seas," embraces not only the waters of the ocean, which are out of sight of land, but the waters on the sea coast below low water mark, whether within the territorial boundaries of a foreign nation, or of a domestic state. Blackstone says that the main sea or high sea begins at low water mark. But between the high water mark and low water mark, where the tide ebbs and flows, the common law and the Admiralty have divisum imperium, an alternate jurisdiction, one upon the water when it is full sea; the other upon the land when it is ebb. He doubtless here refers to the waters of the ocean on the sea coast, and not in creeks and inlets. Lord Hale says that the sea is either that which lies within the body of a country or without. That which lies without the body of a country is called the main sea or ocean. So far then as regards the states of the American union, "high seas," may be taken to mean that part of the ocean which washes the sea coast, and is without the body of any country, according to the common law; and so far as regards foreign nations, any waters on their sea coasts, below low water mark...

Relive the adventure and terror of the pirates as their story is retold in beautiful narratives. Fully illustrated to enhance your reading experience. Argh, matey, ye contents include:INTRODUCTIONTHE DANISH AND NORMAN PIRATESADVENTURES AND EXPLOITS OF CAPTAIN AVERYTHE REMARKABLE HISTORY OF THE JOASSAMEE PIRATES OF THE PERSIAN GULF.THE BARBAROUS CONDUCT AND ROMANTIC DEATH OF THE JOASSAMEE CHIEF, RAHMAH-BEN-JABIR.THE LIFE OF LAFITTE, THE FAMOUS PIRATE OF THE GULF OF MEXICO.THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN ROBERTS.THE LIFE OF CHARLES GIBBS.HISTORY OF THE ADVENTURES, CAPTURE AND EXECUTION OF THE SPANISH PIRATES.THE LIFE OF BENITO DE SOTO THE PIRATE OF THE MORNING STAR.THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN ROBERT KIDDTHE BLOODY CAREER AND EXECUTION OF VINCENT BENAVIDES A PIRATE ON THE WEST COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA.THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN DAVISAUTHENTIC HISTORY OF THE MALAY PIRATES OF THE INDIAN OCEAN.THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN CONDENTTHE LIFE OF CAPTAIN EDWARD LOW.LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN EDWARD ENGLANDACCOUNT OF THE LYNN PIRATESHISTORY OF THE LADRONE PIRATESTHE LIFE OF CAPTAIN LEWIS.THE LIFE, CAREER AND DEATH OF CAPTAIN THOMAS WHITE.THE LIFE, ATROCITIES, AND BLOODY DEATH OF BLACK BEARD.THE EXPLOITS, ARREST, AND EXECUTION OF CAPTAIN CHARLES VANE.THE WEST INDIA PIRATESTHE ADVENTURES AND EXECUTION OF CAPTAIN JOHN RACKAM.THE LIFE AND EXPLOITS OF ANNE BONNEY.THE ADVENTURES AND HEROISM OF MARY READ.THE ALGERINE PIRATES.THE ADVENTURES, TRIAL AND EXECUTION OF CAPTAIN GOW.PIRATE'S SONG.

Delightfully silly, The Pirates of the Pond is a perfect bedtime story that is sure to entertain the kids with humorous rhymes about cats chasing mice, monkeys baking cakes, a singing octopus scrubbing down the decks, sleeping lions, a soggy frog, and noisy pirate ducks. Get ready for bed as the magical illustrations lead you through this gentle adventure story about the adorable Pirates of the Pond. A perfect way to say goodnight for beginner readers with easy-to-read vocabulary and magical illustrations. He was all green, by this I mean, the hopping Pirate Froggy. Upon the bow, he stood somehow on legs all wet and soggy.

Daniel Defoe (1660?-1731) was a prolific English writer who became one of the first Western writers to write novels and turn them into a sought after literary genre. During his life, Defoe wrote more than 500 books, pamphlets and journals on topics as wide ranging as politics, crime, religion, psychology, supernatural events, and even economics. While those are all impressive accomplishments, Defoe’s name has lived on through his authorship of Robinson Crusoe, one of the first and finest novels ever written.

Just above the northwestern shore of the old island of Hispaniola—the Santo Domingo of our day—and separated from it only by a narrow channel of some five or six miles in width, lies a queer little hunch of an island, known, because of a distant resemblance to that animal, as the Tortuga de Mar, or sea turtle. It is not more than twenty miles in length by perhaps seven or eight in breadth; it is only a little spot of land, and as you look at it upon the map a pin's head would almost cover it; yet from that spot, as from a center of inflammation, a burning fire of human wickedness and ruthlessness and lust overran the world, and spread terror and death throughout the Spanish West Indies, from St. Augustine to the island of Trinidad, and from Panama to the coasts of Peru. About the middle of the seventeenth century certain French adventurers set out from the fortified island of St. Christopher in longboats and hoys, directing their course to the westward, there to discover new islands. Sighting Hispaniola "with abundance of joy," they landed, and went into the country, where they found great quantities of wild cattle, horses, and swine. Now vessels on the return voyage to Europe from the West Indies needed revictualing, and food, especially flesh, was at a premium in the islands of the Spanish Main; wherefore a great profit was to be turned in preserving beef and pork, and selling the flesh to homeward-bound vessels...