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Quelch´S Gold: Piracy, Greed, and Betrayal in Colonial New England
Clifford Beal
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Description for Quelch´S Gold: Piracy, Greed, and Betrayal in Colonial New England
Paperback. In May 1704 an eighty-ton brigantine, the Charles, quietly slipped into the cove at Marblehead, Massachusetts. Her sudden and unexpected appearance, some ten months after she had left Marblehead under mysterious circumstances, started tongues wagging down at the docks and in the town's dim, cramped, seafront taverns. Num Pages: 272 pages, 17 b+w photos, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 384.
In May 1704 an eighty-ton brigantine, the Charles, quietly slipped into the cove at Marblehead, Massachusetts. Her sudden and unexpected appearance, some ten months after she had left Marblehead under mysterious circumstances, started tongues wagging down at the docks and in the town’s dim, cramped, seafront taverns. During the following three weeks, a drama played out involving the crew of the Charles; her commander, John Quelch; and the colonial governments of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire. In the hold of the Charles lay large quantities of Brazilian sugar, hides, cloth, guns, and gold dust and coins worth more than ... Read more
In May 1704 an eighty-ton brigantine, the Charles, quietly slipped into the cove at Marblehead, Massachusetts. Her sudden and unexpected appearance, some ten months after she had left Marblehead under mysterious circumstances, started tongues wagging down at the docks and in the town’s dim, cramped, seafront taverns. During the following three weeks, a drama played out involving the crew of the Charles; her commander, John Quelch; and the colonial governments of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire. In the hold of the Charles lay large quantities of Brazilian sugar, hides, cloth, guns, and gold dust and coins worth more than ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Dulles, United States
ISBN
9781597972338
SKU
V9781597972338
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for Quelch´S Gold: Piracy, Greed, and Betrayal in Colonial New England
"Beal cuts to the heart of one authentic pirate in his new book Quelch's Gold. John Quelch is not as famous as Captain Kidd and Edmund "Blackbeard" Teach, who also sailed these waters, but his story reveals much about how pirates actually lived...Quelch's Gold is a thrilling pirate story, now finally and dramatically told, as bizarre as anything Disney might ... Read more