Konstam Angus. The World Atlas of Pirates: Treasures and Treachery on the Seven Seas - in Maps, Tall Tales, and Pictures

The Lyons Press, 2009. — 256 p. — ISBN: 978-1-599214-74-1.Lively, accessible text by pirate expert Angus Konstam explains how piracy grew and flourished from the early buccaneers to the rogues of popular legends, how it has been snuffed out, and how it has reared its head again with the machine-gun-toting pirates operating on today’s high seas.