Pirateology is the latest in the successful series by Templar & is told with renowned enthusiasm & style by celebrated children’s author Dugald Steer & illustrated with panache by Anne Yvonne Gibert. Join Captain William Lubber, Pirate Hunter General to the Admiralty in his fictional 1720 work to search the high seas for the wicked pirate Arabella Drummond, her cut-throat crew of sea dogs & her ship`s cat, the redoubtable Mr. Teach! The story of adventure on the high seas is told in the form of journal entries, complemented with drawings, maps & mini-booklets embedded in the pages. This unforgettable journal of his search across the most dangerous waters of the world is packed with maps, charts, wonderful illustrations of pirate ships & sloops. It details some of the world’s most famous pirates including Blackbeard & Edward Teach & shows the areas they terrorised in search of gold & jewels. The book contains features such as a real compass set into the cover, a hidden treasure map, a working sun-dial, a page of foiled, embossed doubloons & ‘pieces of eight’ & much more.