Crimson Waters – Don Mann And Kraig Becker

Naturally, the Spanish were quick to plant their banner in this newly discovered land, although England, France, Portugal, and the Netherlands were quick to follow. When the Spanish began exploring the Caribbean, along with Central and South America, they were overjoyed to find that their newly claimed lands were rich in resources, particularly silver. It was not long before a steady supply of that metal, along with plenty of gold and precious gems, was being shipped back to Europe to fill the coffers of the Spanish Crown.

Naturally, this influx of riches drew the attention of the other European nations, with the maritime powers soon setting out to stake their claims too. The vast new region of the Western Hemisphere offered opportunities for wealth that had not been seen in Europe in centuries, and none of the great powers wanted to be left out.

The English, French, Dutch, and Portuguese were not the only ones who caught wind of the vast amounts of treasure aboard those Spanish galleons either. Pirates and privateers sailing off the coast of Europe could not help but be tempted by those ships too. Rumors ran rampant regarding the size and contents of their cargo holds, which were said to be filled with untold treasures. Regardless of whether those tales were true or not, the seeds of temptation had been planted amongst a generation of sea captains who were already familiar with operating outside the law.

At the time, a voyage across the Atlantic took upwards of two months to complete and required a ship that was sturdy and dependable. Most importantly, the vessels needed a seasoned crew that was willing to set off into largely unexplored waters. In the years that followed Columbus’s initial voyage, this was a combination that was not easy to come by. Most of the vessels setting sail for the New World were part of a royal fleet with experienced naval officers and a hardened, professional crew. After all, until an Italian explorer had arrived in the Caribbean, and safely navigated his way back home, no one had ever survived such a voyage before.

By the early 1500s, the Spanish had established a number of settlements across the New World, with Santiago in Cuba, Cartagena in Colombia, and Santo Domingo on Hispaniola amongst the most important. These places made up part of what was known as the Spanish Main, which was a term used to describe the country’s holdings in the Caribbean, Mexico, and coastal South America.

There, Spanish colonists established ports that were used to ship valuable resources back to Europe, with little fear of attack from marauders. At the time, there was not much pirate activity in the area. This period of safety and security did not last for long however, as there were a number of factors that helped to give rise to pirate activity in the New World.

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Cover design by Mona Lin Cover photo credit: Getty Images Print ISBN: 978-1-5107-5487-4 Ebook ISBN: 978-1-5107-6041-7 Printed in China OceanofPDF.com Table of Contents Foreword Introduction Chapter 1: The Pirates of the Ancient World The Tale of Blackbeard Chapter 2: The Pirates of the North The Tale of Henry Morgan Chapter 3: The Pirates of the Barbary Coast The Tale of the Barbarossa Brothers Chapter 4: The Pirates of the Caribbean Sea The Tale of Calico Jack Chapter 5: The Pirates of the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean The Tale of Captain Kidd Chapter 6: The Pirates of the Pacific Ocean The Tale of Sir Francis Drake Chapter 7: The Pirates of the Modern Age The Tale of Madame Cheng Epilogue OceanofPDF.com W Foreword ho was “Frogman?”

I asked myself, reading the business card this tall athletic gentleman just handed to me. Having spent much of my life exploring the world for sunken shipwrecks, and having discovered Captain Kidd’s Adventure Galley and the world’s only pirate treasure, my curiosity ran wild. Later that evening at the Vail Round Table, where I’ve been honored to share my lifetime adventures with men who’d walked on the Moon, war heroes who survived months in solitary confinement at the Hanoi Hilton, and many other legendary men and women, I would come to know this extraordinary fellow explorer, world-class triathlete, and Navy SEAL combat veteran.

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