Pirate's handbook (9781409570431)

Whizzing cannonballs, howling storms, rare diseases... being a pirate isn’t all fun and games. Young landlubbers can become the fiercest of pirates by finding out how to keep their ship in tip-top shape, the best way to settle an argument with a shipmate and how to survive a storm at sea. A humorous guide to life on the high seas packed with intriguing historical detail that no self-respecting sea-dog should leave port without.