Adventures of Pirate Queens, Female Stowaways, and Sailors' Wives
by
David Cordingly
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2009
For centuries, the sea has been regarded as a male domain, but in this illuminating historical narrative, maritime scholar David Cordingly shows that an astonishing number of women went to sea in the great age of sail. Some traveled as the wives or mistresses of captains; others were smuggled aboard...