Sails and cannons. The second book of a new trilogy "Island of nightmares"

The logic of English in the XVI - XVII centuries was simple: if no, you need to take someone else's. So when Queen Elizabeth piracy (i.e., Maritime robbery, murder and violence) was raised to the rank of valiant service to the Fatherland and encouraged. The British put a pirate craft literally on the conveyor, turning it into a branch of state industry, which actively sponsored and rich merchants, and nobles. And Queen Elizabeth, by the way. In 1562 pirate John Hawkins had brought to England more than a thousand black slaves. For success in your new England business Elizabeth conferred on him the rank of Admiral. In addition, it allowed him to include in his family coat of arms image of the Negro in chains...