An incredibly illustrated children's book about English pirates on the Spanish main, whimsically written ("Ahoy, ahoy, Alcestis! The Spaniard's bane and death! / That sails the thirteenth parallel before the tradewinds' breath. / And here's an English cat, by heck / to serve unmoved in fire and wreck / to climb the yards and swab the deck / for Queen Elizabeth!") and so lusciously illustrated that I blush to tell it. It's out of print and I'm going to be buried with my copy, but I'm hoping that people will clamour for it to be re-released.