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Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean: How a Generation of Swashbuckling Jews Carved Out an Empire in the New World in Their Quest for Treasure, Religious Freedom--and Revenge Posters
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Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean: How a Generation of Swashbuckling Jews Carved Out an Empire in the New World in Their Quest for Treasure, Religious Freedom--and Revenge
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 972.9004924
Fabric Type: 9780385513982
Fax Number: 1St Edition
Graphics Memory Size: Deckle Edge
Legal Disclaimer: 0385513984
Maximum Color Depth: Doubleday
Metal Type: Doubleday
Publisher: 1
Region Code: 336
Total External Bays Free: November 18, 2008
Total Firewire Ports: Doubleday
Total Parallel Ports: November 18, 2008
Doubleday
Features:- ISBN13: 9780385513982
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Product Description:
At the end of the fifteenth century, the Spanish Inquisition forced many Jews to flee the country. The most adventurous among them took to the high seas as freewheeling outlaws. In ships bearing names such as the Prophet Samuel, Queen Esther, and Shield of Abraham, they attacked and plundered the Spanish fleet while forming alliances with other European powers to ensure the safety of Jews living in hiding.
JEWISH PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN is the entertaining saga of a hidden chapter in Jewish history and of the cruelty, terror, and greed that flourished during the Age of Discovery. Readers will meet such daring figures as “the Great Jewish Pirate” Sinan, Barbarossa’s second-in-command; the pirate rabbi Samuel Palache, who founded Holland's Jewish community; Abraham Cohen Henriques, an arms dealer who used his cunning and economic muscle to find safe havens for other Jews; and his pirate brother Moses, who is credited with the capture of the Spanish silver fleet in 1628--the largest heist in pirate history.
Filled with high-sea adventures—including encounters with Captain Morgan and other legendary pirates—and detailed portraits of cities stacked high with plunder, such as Port Royal, Jamaica, JEWISH PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN captures a gritty and glorious era of history from an unusual and eye-opening perspective.
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This book fills in a lot of the gaps of traditional history classes. You'll understand the link between Spain, Holland, Barbary, and the New World. It is intensely informative. Highly recommended. David - Bethel, AK
PS - Follow-on recommedation: You must read Michael Oren's "POWER, FAITH and FANTASY - AMERICA in the MIDDLE EAST 1776 to the PRESENT" along with this book. Your understanding of world history for the last few centuries will be very enhanced at the very least. David
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I just finished this great book in just two days. It read like a novel, and that is always a great way to learn history.
Before reading the book, I attended a lecture series on Portuguese Jews and their journey to Amsterdam. When I read the book, the facts and timeline were the same.
My most favorite part of the book, I just might have found an ancestor - Hernando Alonso. Who knows?
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I have read it my mother did and now we gave it to some friends wonderful book..
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This book explores a fascinating but little-known passage in history: the story of a small group of the Jews of Spain who, after they were expelled from Spain in 1492, became sea-faring traders and adventurers in both the Meditterrean and the Caribbean. What drives the book forward is the chronological narrative of what happened to this group of Jews, as they fought for a place to live and wealth, against the ceaseless attacks of the Spanish Inquisition.
In 1492, the Jews of Spain ... Read More
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The story Kritzler tells artfully and with humor and grace, is actually quite chilling. Contrary to popular belief, Jewish Conversos were never accepted as anything but marginal citizens of Spain and Portugal while the Inquisition reigned. If some became wealthy, all ultimately were used, plundered and forced to innovate in order to stay alive. Piracy became a useful device for three reasons: it enabled Jews to serve either their captors or their captors' enemies, depending upon circumstances, in ... Read More
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