Capturing the drama of the high seas and those who sailed on them, this dictionary is a veritable treasure-chest of fact and fiction. It brings together both the real and imagined lives of brigands, buccaneers and privateers, from marauders off the coast of ancient Greece to the Chinese and Malay pirates of the 1870s. Enlivened by many historical quotations and comprehensive listings of the richest booty ever captured by pirates, the dictionary is also brimming with cross-references and contains a selected bibliography. The dictionary is a unique and authoritative work of reference and a much needed addition to the literature and history of the sea.