Pirates: Dead Men's Tales: Incredible Facts, Maps and True Stories about Life on the High Seas

by Anne Rooney, Joe Wilson (Illustrator)

海盗都是男性？不，历史上有不少女海盗；肆虐加勒比海的玛丽·里德和安妮·波妮，中国清朝的郑一嫂…… 海盗都是自愿的？不，最成功的海盗之一巴沙洛缪·罗伯茨就是被“拉上贼船”的…… 海盗都会跟海军作对？不，历史上某些海军会给海盗派发“私掠许可证”去打劫商船…… 海盗都很霸道威风？不，斯蒂德·邦尼特就是一个窝囊的海盗，刚起航没多久他就受了伤…… 这是一本适合7岁以上孩子阅读、用地图介绍海盗历史与传说的人文百科读物。全书包含5张世界海盗足迹地图，通过介绍7位极具代表性的历史著名海盗故事，还原海盗真实一面，让孩子了解现实中的海盗生活；同时提供等18组航海主题百科知识，为孩子普及海洋文化和培养全球意识，兼顾学科知识与人文素养。海盗生活并不美好，我们也不鼓励孩子去当海盗；但我们仍然欣赏海盗的敢于冒险和活出自我，希望孩子也能像他们一样向着心中所想，勇敢起航。

Genres: Nonfiction, Pirates, History

64 pages, Hardcover

Published April 3, 2018

About the author

Anne Rooney gained a degree and then a PhD in medieval literature from Trinity College, Cambridge. After a period of teaching medieval English and French literature at the universities of Cambridge and York, she left to pursue a career as a freelance writer. She has written many books for adults and children on a variety of subjects, including literature and history. She lives in Cambridge and is Royal Literary Fund Fellow at the University of Essex.

Reviews

[Mike Watson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Arrrr.... there be pirates!
Loved this simple text, with wonderful illustrations.
Loads of detail to keep even the most hardened landlubbers interested. Stories, histories and famous piratical characters from all around the world are featured (more than just the Caribbean!) - as well as descriptions of life as a pirate... and how you might end up!
Corsairs, Privateers, Pirates and SeaBeggars...
Loved it!

[Woff · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some awesome illustrations! I totally never knew about privateers being the legal forerunners to pirates - that's nuts! Organized geographically instead of chronologically, which was cool, but it was hard to know what happened when. Maybe a timeline wouldn't have gone astray?