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PoppyPedia: Pirates, Treasure, and the High Seas: Verified True Facts About Pirates, Lost Treasure, Shipwrecks, and Life on the High Seas
Paperback
Series: Big Book of
General Juvenile NonfictionHistory
ISBN13: 9781997088585
Publisher: Poppy Publishing
Published: Aug 11 2026
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.23 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
What did pirates really steal? How did a wooden ship survive months at sea? Why could one government call a raider a criminal while another treated the same person as a naval hero?
PoppyPedia: Pirates, Treasure, and the High Seas takes curious readers beyond treasure chests and movie myths. Twelve fast moving chapters explore the evidence behind pirate life, global sea raiding, shipwrecks, lost cargo, law, slavery, empire, and archaeology.
Readers will discover how privateers differed from pirates, why shallow draft sloops could escape larger warships, what crews ate, and which skilled jobs kept a vessel moving. The journey crosses the Caribbean and Atlantic, Mediterranean, Indian Ocean, Konkan coast, and South China Sea.
The book also examines difficult history with care. It explains how piracy overlapped with slavery and colonial trade, why legal labels depended on power and viewpoint, and how historians separate documented evidence from disputed accounts, folklore, fiction, and modern interpretation.
Inside this fact packed voyage, readers will find:
- Twelve distinct chapters covering pirate history around the world
- Meaningful facts that name the people, ships, places, dates, and practices involved
- Star Facts, By the Numbers features, and Did You Know discoveries
- Fact or Fiction challenges that test famous pirate legends
- Bonus Wild Card facts between chapters
- Examples drawn from wreck archaeology, court records, museums, archives, and maritime research
- A glossary, knowledge quiz, answer guide, and evidence decoder
Meet Blackbeard and Queen Anne's Revenge, examine William Kidd's disputed prize, and follow the crisis caused by Henry Every's crew. Learn why Kanhoji Angre may be described as a pirate or an admiral depending on whose authority is being considered.
Explore the organized South China Sea networks associated with Zheng Yi Sao. Then look below the waves to see how cannon, tools, ceramics, animal bones, and pieces of a ship can confirm, complicate, or overturn a famous story.
The premium black and white interior combines dramatic illustrations with concise explanations and varied page features. It supports quick browsing, family sharing, classroom discovery, and satisfying independent reading.
This educational history book is an engaging gift for readers who enjoy pirates, ships, maps, archaeology, surprising facts, global history, and the truth behind famous legends.
Set sail with Professor Poppy and discover the remarkable true history waiting beyond the pirate myths.
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