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Meet the Pirates
By Liz Miles
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Dare you step into the past?
When a mysterious door suddenly appears, you step through ... and find you have travelled back in time! Now your mission is to discover as much as you can about life on board a pirate ship, before the door back to the present vanishes.
Find out:
• What life is like as a cabin boy
• Why the rigger has scurvy
• Who the women pirates are
• And much more!
Perfect for kids aged 8+.
ABOUT THE SERIES: Encounters with the Past gives young readers an opportunity to 'meet' people from different historical periods. Featuring an exciting mixture of historical recreation photography and illustrations, this full-colour series will shine a light on many subjects such as medicine, science, religion, the natural world and the afterlife.
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Meet the Pirates - Liz Miles
CONTENTS
Into the Past
A Pirate with a Map
Walking with the Cabin Boy
The Naval Officer
Talking to the Bosun
The Ship’s Carpenter
The Sickly Rigger
The Privateer’s Story
Pirate Disguise
Finding the Captain
Ship Ahoy!
The Jolly Roger
Back to the Present
Glossary
For More Information
Into the Past
You’re at home, watching a documentary on television with your family. It’s all about the pirates and privateers who attacked the Spanish treasure ships in the 1600s and 1700s. As the TV programme finishes, you decide to head to the kitchen for a snack... and something very strange happens!
You push the kitchen door to open it, but it’s stuck. You push again, harder this time, then suddenly you are falling forwards into darkness! You’re in a cold, rocky cave, echoing with crashing ocean waves. There’s an oil lamp on a boulder, and next to it lies a handwritten note on a sheet of tattered paper:
The flintlock pistol was one of the weapons used by pirates on the Spanish Main. The pistol got its name from the flint in the mechanism that creates the spark to make the gun fire.
Your Mission
You’re on a Caribbean island in the Spanish Main. The year is 1718CE and
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