Pirate Diary by Richard Platt

Author:Richard Platt [Platt, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-7636-7850-0
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published: 2001-03-27T16:00:00+00:00

The gun captain holds a glowing taper to the touch hole and the ball is fired with a deafening crash.

The Ranger was the first to hit the target and won the contest. However, our gun crew is the fastest on the Greyhound. We can load and fire our piece in less than a minute.

Tuesday 29th

At last we set sail, bound for the coast of Florida, where we shall meet Henry Jennings — and the Spanish treasure!

FEBRUARY

Monday 4th

We have reached Florida, and have been joined by three ships. Henry Jennings, who now leads our small army of 300 pirates, calls us “The Flying Gang.” A boat rowed him over, and I learned from one of his oarsmen that the three ships come from a place called New Providence, an island only a couple of days’ sailing from here. One of our crew who has been there tells me, “It is a paradise, where pirates do as they please without fear of the law.”

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