![]() They’d heard how Thomas Tew and Henry Every had made fortunes as pirates. ![]() But these men didn’t want to be bothered by any piddling little privateering commission, no. By various means, he won the sponsorship of several of the powerful leaders of the Whig party, which was in power just then. The Royal Navy was expanding to meet the realm’s military and commercial needs during the war, and had ceased to give out commissions for privateers, because it wanted all the experienced seamen for itself.īut Kidd lucked out. ![]() He figured that with the sponsorship of some prominent colonial friends and his buccaneering history, it would be easy. He decided to sail to London in 1695 and see if he could get a commission as a privateer to attack England’s enemies. And maybe Kidd just couldn’t settle down. īut the Nine Years’ War (1688-1697) raged, interfering with trade. Kidd went to New York, where he married a wealthy widow in 1691 and settled down to being a city man. Still, Kidd had earned the support of the English governor of the island of Nevis, and the governor sent him on his way with another ship. They sailed off with Kidd’s ship, and, worse yet, Kidd’s £2,000. Not bad, except that Kidd’s crew mutinied while he was ashore, and turned piratical, which is to say they ceased to operate under the legal protection of the English government, and declared themselves “enemies of all mankind” (save other pirates). Pyle.I, William Kidd, am a gentleman of wealth Their mother was the children's author and translator M.C. His sister Katharine Pyle was also a writer and illustrator. Pyle travelled to Florence, Italy to study mural painting during 1910, and died there in 1911 from a kidney infection (Bright's Disease). His novel Men of Iron was made into a movie in 1954, The Black Shield of Falworth. He also illustrated historical and adventure stories for periodicals such as Harper's Weekly and St. He published an original novel, Otto of the Silver Hand, in 1888. He is also well known for his illustrations of pirates, and is credited with creating the now stereotypical modern image of pirate dress. His 1883 classic publication The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood remains in print, and his other books, frequently with medieval European settings, include a four-volume set on King Arthur. Goodwin, Violet Oakley, Ellen Bernard Thompson Pyle, Olive Rush, Allen Tupper True, and Jessie Willcox Smith. Wyeth, Frank Schoonover, Elenore Abbott, Ethel Franklin Betts, Anna Whelan Betts, Harvey Dunn, Clyde O. The term Brandywine School was later applied to the illustration artists and Wyeth family artists of the Brandywine region by Pitz. Howard Pyle was an American illustrator and author, primarily of books for young people.ĭuring 1894 he began teaching illustration at the Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry (now Drexel University), and after 1900 he founded his own school of art and illustration named the Howard Pyle School of Illustration Art. HOWARD PYLE'S BOOK OF PIRATES included in this publication is the rarer colour plate version.īoth books have been typed from the originals and are NOT the scanned copies which include portions of unreadable text.Ĭhapters, illustrations, etc. These are the full and unabridged versions and include all images appearing in the original publications. They give a fascinating insight to the lives of pirates and the lengths some treasure hunters will go to in their search for pirate booty, some of which was found. PAINE, and HOWARD PYLE'S BOOK OF PIRATES - Fiction, Fact & Fancy concerning the Buccaneers & Mariners of the Spanish Main: From the writing & Pictures of Howard Pyle, are two of these source books included in this publication. BEING A TRUE HISTORY OF THE GOLD, JEWELS, AND PLATE OF PIRATES, GALLEONS, ETC., WHICH ARE SOUGHT FOR TO THIS DAY BY RALPH D. Two of these books, THE BOOK OF BURIED TREASURE. We owe much of what we know about Captain Kidd and other cutthroats to a handful of now out of print publications, which are often referred to by historians and story tellers researching the life and myths of pirates. Blackbeard, and many others, were far more successful pirates and deserve the many stories that surround them. However, Kidd was a second rate pirate and a man who seemed to be constantly pursued by bad luck. Equally legendary was his habit of bury his hoards of treasure up and down the eastern seaboard. When we think of pirates, a few names immediately come to mind, among them one who has become legendary in his ruthless attacks on innocent ships, which he then plundered of all valuables to make him staggeringly wealthy. These books are the illustrated versions of the original Howard Pyle's Books.
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