Part 2

CONTENTS

PAGE PREFACE vii

CARLO ZENO: HERO OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC 1

SIR FRANCIS DRAKE: ROVER AND SEA RANGER 23

SIR WALTER RALEIGH: PERSECUTOR OF THE SPANIARDS 53

JEAN BART: THE SCOURGE OF THE DUTCH 83

DU GUAY-TROUIN: THE GREAT FRENCH "BLUE" 113

EDWARD ENGLAND: TERROR OF THE SOUTH SEAS 137

WOODES ROGERS: THE BRISTOL MARINER 153

FORTUNATUS WRIGHT: THE MOST HATED PRIVATEERSMAN OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA 173

GEORGE WALKER: WINNER OF THE GAMEST SEA FIGHT OF THE ENGLISH CHANNEL 199

JOHN PAUL JONES: THE FOUNDER OF THE AMERICAN NAVY 239

CAPTAIN SILAS TALBOT: STAUNCH PRIVATEERSMAN OF NEW ENGLAND 283

CAPTAIN "JOSH" BARNEY: THE IRREPRESSIBLE YANKEE 299

ROBERT SURCOUF: THE "SEA HOUND" FROM ST. MALO 319

LAFITTE: PRIVATEER, PIRATE, AND TERROR OF THE GULF OF MEXICO 341

RAPHAEL SEMMES: DESPOILER OF AMERICAN COMMERCE 373

EL CAPITAN 393

RETROSPECT 397

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE "AGAIN THE CANNON MADE THE SPLINTERS FLY" (See page 273) Frontispiece

ZENO'S FLEET 18

SIR FRANCIS DRAKE 28

DRAKE'S GREATEST VICTORY ON THE SPANISH MAIN 44

YOUNG RALEIGH AND A COMPANION LISTENING TO TALES OF THE SPANISH MAIN 55

SIR WALTER RALEIGH 60

JEAN BART 86

"JEAN BART LED HIS BOARDERS OVER THE SIDE OF THE DUTCH VESSEL" 108