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The Privateer's-Man, One hundred Years Ago

Frederick Marryat · 1846

An 1846 adventure novel by Captain Marryat, told as a letter transcribing an old sailor's journal. It recounts life aboard the privateer Revenge a hundred years earlier, including cruises, ship captures, and battles in Caribbean waters.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

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