I actually own and have read all these.  All of these books are available through Amazon.com.  

Cordingly, David (ed.).  A Worldwide Illustrated History, PIRATES: Terror on the High Seas from the Carribbean to the South China Sea.  JG Press, Inc. Noth Dighton, MA.  1998.  ISBN: 1-57215-264-8

• Has great sections on Piracy before the "Golden Age".  Many explanations of pirate codes, life, recruitment, etc.  Also has a section on piracy today in the east and some graphic pics of decapitated pirates.

Cordingly, David.  Under the Black Flag.  Harcourt Brace & Company, Orlando, FL. 1995. ISBN: 0-15-600549-2

• I just bought this and haven't read it.  BUT this is a book, not good for quick references.  Read this or in depth pirate history.

• Beautiful Pictures and drawings.  Each two-page spread is a different topic or pirate.  Great for quick references.  Intro by David Cordingly.

Konstam, Angus.  The History of Pirates. The Lyons Press. 2002.  ISBN: 1-58574-516-2

• Beautiful Pictures and drawings.  Each two-page spread is a different topic or pirate.  Great for quick references.  Intro by David Cordingly.

Reinhardt, David.  Pirates and Piracy. Konecky & Koncky, New York, NY. 1997.  ISBN: 1-56852-139-1

• Easy to find headings and each pirate has he/her own story.

Shomette, Donald G.  Pirates on the Chesapeake: Being a True History of Pirates, Picaroons, and Raiders on the Chesapeake Bay, 1610-1807. Tidewater Publishers, Centreville, MD. 1985. ISBN: 0-87033-43-7

• Another book, not good for quick references.  I haven't read this one either, but the only book on Chesapeake Pirates I know of.

 

 

 

 

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