Complete and unabridged, with 60 full-page plates by Willem van de Velde the Younger, Willem van de Velde the Elder and Ludolf Bakhuizen. Privateers and sea rovers from Drake to Paul Jones and Jean Lafitte - the letters of marque, the prizes and the line between privateering and piracy. Johnston wrote a shelf of these lives for young readers. This edition is bound with a gallery of 60 plates after Turner, Aivazovsky, de Mooy and Salvator Rosa, and includes 20 illustrations restored and coloured.