The Usborne official pirate's handbook

This is a humorous guide to life on the high seas packed with intriguing historical detail that no self-respecting sea-dog should leave port without.

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.

It reveals the true nature of piracy to be more fascinating than the myths of peg legs, eye patches and parrots.