The book is primarily historical but has definite contemporary ramifications and connections. My early designs failed to straddle that line and were either too historical or too contemporary. Finally I realized that I could turn that problem into the basis of the design.

The ship dingbat is a Hoefler Text ornament. I was originally going to replace it with something custom drawn or more unique but couldn’t improve on such a perfect little galleon.

Really nice solution for difficult subject matter. The visual perfectly conveys the idea of piracy in the modern age.