Thomas Bertram Costain was a Canadian-American journalist who became a best-selling author of historical novels at the age of 57.
Thomas B. Costain
John Ward or Birdy, also known as Jack Ward or later as Yusuf Reis, was an English pirate who later became a Corsair for the Ottoman Empire operating out of Tunis during the early 17th century.
Lion's Whelp, 1628
Nautical Chart of the Mediterranean Sea (1600)