Pirates

Опис

The historian R. H. Tawney famously wrote, ‘The sixteenth century lives in terror of the tramp.` The eighteenth century lived in terror of the tramps of the seas – pirates. Pirates have fascinated people ever since.It was a harsh life for those who went ‘on the account`, constantly overshadowed by the threat of death – through violence, illness, shipwreck, or the hangman`s noose. The lure of gold, the excitement of the chase and the freedom that life aboard a pirate ship offered were judged by s

Фотографії