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David Cordingly is an English naval historian who is considered one of the leading authorities on pirates. He held the position of Keeper of Pictures and Head of Exhibitions at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England for twelve years. David Cordingly organised several exhibitions at the National Maritime Museum, including ''Captain James Cook, Navigator'' and ''The Mutiny on the Bounty''. Perhaps the most notable of these exhibitions was ''Pirates: Fact and Fiction'',〔(Brief literary profile of David Cordingly at Bloomsbury publishing house )〕 which became a critical and popular success, followed by a book of the same title, authored by Cordingly and John Falconer. The popularity of the exhibition lead Cordingly to explore the subject further in his book ''Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates''. This was followed by ''Heroines and Harlots: Women at Sea in the Great Age of Sail'' (published in the U. S. under the title ''Women Sailors and Sailors' Women: An Untold Maritime History''), expanding on a subject Cordingly had touched upon in ''Under the Black Flag'' in a chapter entitled "Women Pirates and Pirates' Women". ''The Billy Ruffian: His Majesty's Ship Bellerophon and the Downfall of Napoleon'', published in 2003, was longlisted for the 2003 Wolfson History Prize. It tells the story of an English warship, HMS ''Bellerophon'', which played an important part in many battles and held captive the defeated Napoleon following the Battle of Waterloo. Cordingly appears on the ''Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl'' DVD bonus features in a section called "Below Deck", a virtual tour of a pirate ship.〔(Description of the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' DVD set (includes a screen capture of David Cordingly) )〕 This consists of several documentary shorts, hosted by Cordingly, comparing piracy fact and fiction along the same lines as ''Under the Black Flag''. David Cordingly resides with his wife and family near the sea in Brighton. His daughter is the actress Beth Cordingly. ==Bibliography== *(with Falconer, John) ''Pirates: Fact & Fiction'' (Collins & Brown, 1992) *''Under the Black Flag: The Romance and Reality of Life Among the Pirates'' (Random House, 1996) *''Heroines and Harlots: Women at Sea in the Great Age of Sail'' (Macmillan, 2001) *''The Billy Ruffian: His Majesty's Ship Bellerophon and the Downfall of Napoleon'' (Bloomsbury, 2003) * *''Spanish Gold: Captain Woodes Rogers & the Pirates of the Caribbean'' (Bloomsbury, 2011) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Cordingly」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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