Pirates & Smugglers (Kingfisher Knowledge)

Pirates and Smugglers is a swashbuckling introduction to the highwaymen and women of the seas—from the cruel Cilician pirates who terrorized the Mediterranean more than 2,000 years ago to the well-organized and ruthless modern-day buccaneers who target supertankers on the South China Sea—and the loot they plunder and smuggle.