Kenneth Kinkor Reihenfolge der Bücher (Chronologisch)

An extraordinary tale of shipwrecks, underwater discovery, and the rise of piracy unfolds in the Caribbean Sea. On January 2, 1678, a fleet of French ships sank one hundred miles off the Venezuelan coast on the treacherous reef of Las Aves Island, claiming over 1,200 lives and marking a significant blow to French naval power. This disaster sparked a golden age of piracy that transformed the Americas. The narrative intertwines the maritime catastrophe with the contemporary expedition of writer and deep-sea diver Barry Clifford, who seeks to document the wrecks. He explores the lives of infamous pirates like the Chevalier de Grammont and Nikolaas Van Hoorn, painting a vivid portrait of a turbulent era filled with historical detail and romantic drama. By the late eighteenth century, outcasts of European society united to form a democracy of buccaneers on islands off the African coast, gaining notoriety for plundering the Spanish main and collaborating with French and English governments to raid ships and coastal towns. Now, two hundred and fifty years later, Clifford retraces the pirates' destructive legacy back to Venezuela. Using a remarkably accurate map drawn by Jean Comte d'Estrées, the captain of the lost fleet, he locates the disaster site and the remains of the once-mighty armada. This beautifully told account of historical discovery and underwater reclamation captivates adventurers and history enthusiasts alike.