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David Cordingly

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David Cordingly is an English naval historian with a special interest in pirates. He held the position of Keeper of Pictures and Head of Exhibitions at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England for twelve years.
David Cordingly organised several exhibitions at the National Maritime Museum, including Captain James Cook, Navigator and The Mutiny on the Bounty. One of these exhibitions was Pirates: Fact and Fiction, which became a critical and popular success, followed by a book of the same title, authored by Cordingly and John Falconer. Cordingly explored the subject further in his book Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates. This was followed by Heroines and Harlots: Women at Sea in the Great Age ...more

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	Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates 3.67 avg rating — 10,159 ratings — published 1995	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cochrane: The Real Master and Commander 4.05 avg rating — 895 ratings — published 2004	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seafaring Women: Adventures of Pirate Queens, Female Stowaways & Sailors' Wives 3.62 avg rating — 501 ratings — published 2001 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pirate Hunter of the Caribbean: The Adventurous Life of Captain Woodes Rogers 3.62 avg rating — 362 ratings — published 2011 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Billy Ruffian: The Bellerophon and the Downfall of Napoleon 4.11 avg rating — 282 ratings — published 2003 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pirates: Terror on the High Seas-From the Caribbean to the South China Sea 3.91 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 1996 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pirates: Fact & Fiction by David Cordingly, John Falconer 3.75 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1992 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pirates: An Illustrated History of Privateers, Buccaneers & Pirates from the Sixteenth Century to the Present 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1920 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life Among the Pirates: The Romance and the Reality by David Cordingly (16-May-1996) Paperback 2.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Capt. James Cook: Navigator 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1988 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Their activities reached a peak in the early years of the nineteenth century, when a community of around forty thousand pirates with some four hundred junks dominated the coastal waters and attacked any merchant vessels which strayed into the area. From 1807 these pirates were led by a remarkable woman called Mrs. Cheng, a former prostitute from Canton.”
― David Cordingly, Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates

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“Morgan was sent copies and decided to sue both publishers for libel.”
― David Cordingly, Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates

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“I have brought you to the treasure house of the world. If you leave without it you may henceforth blame nobody but yourself.”
― David Cordingly, Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates

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