Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2012-01-21 Public domain in the USA. 89 Thornbury, Walter 1828 1876 Thornbury, George Walter Thornbury, G. W. (George Walter) Thornbury, George W. (George Walter) The Monarchs of the Main; Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers. Volume 2 (of 3) E-text prepared by Adam Buchbinder, Rory OConor, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from scanned images of public domain material generously made available by the Google Books Library Project (http://books.google.com/) "The Monarchs of the Main; Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers. Volume 2" by George W. Thornbury is a historical novel written in the mid-19th century. This volume recounts the thrilling exploits of infamous pirates during the Golden Age of Buccaneering, focusing particularly on Sir Henry Morgan's daring campaigns against Spanish settlements in the Caribbean. The narrative immerses readers in the tumultuous world of piracy, exploration, and colonial conflict, characterized by both adventure and brutality. The opening of this volume introduces Sir Henry Morgan, a Welsh farmer's son who becomes a notorious Buccaneer, leading daring assaults on Spanish territories. It details his initial exploits, including the capture of the island of St. Catherine and subsequent raids on Port au Prince and Porto Bello. The text highlights Morgan's strategic mind and fearless leadership, as well as the ensuing rivalries among different nationalities of pirates, setting the stage for further adventures and conflicts. Through vivid descriptions of battles and moral complexities, the beginning establishes the harsh realities of pirate life while hinting at the legendary status that Morgan would achieve in history. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/38632/38632-h/images/cover2.png en Pirates Buccaneers Spanish Main F2155 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - General Browsing: Fiction 389892 389614 2024-09-16T09:33:51.452028 2023-09-17T04:40:46.630196 text/html text/html 394222 2012-01-21T15:58:17 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 172203 2012-01-21T16:02:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 187260 2024-09-16T09:33:56.805971 application/epub+zip 189479 2024-09-16T09:33:52.549994 application/epub+zip 189479 2024-09-16T09:33:51.957003 application/epub+zip 416645 2024-09-16T09:34:00.352968 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 383205 2024-09-16T09:33:56.248984 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 382931 2022-09-17T15:28:40.510010 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 359579 359346 2024-09-16T09:33:51.038999 2023-09-17T04:40:46.247196 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 359079 2012-01-21T15:53:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 136176 2012-01-21T15:53:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 359093 2012-01-21T15:53:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 136098 2012-01-21T15:53:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20861 2024-09-16T09:34:00.499936 application/rdf+xml 12057 2024-09-16T09:33:52.106004 image/jpeg 2500 2024-09-16T09:33:52.028975 image/jpeg 175254 2024-09-16T09:33:51.491997 application/octet-stream application/zip