Buccaneers of the Caribbean : : How Piracy Forged an Empire / / Jon Latimer.
During the seventeenth century, sea raiders known as buccaneers controlled the Caribbean. Buccaneers were not pirates but privateers, licensed to attack the Spanish by the governments of England, France, and Holland. Jon Latimer charts the exploits of these men who followed few rules as they forged...
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009] ©2009 |
Year of Publication: | 2009 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (368 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- List of Illustrations and Maps
- Maps
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. A New World
- 2. Tobacco and Salt
- 3. Piet Hein
- 4. Brethren of the Coast
- 5. Sugar and Slaves
- 6. The Western Design
- 7. Buccaneer Islands
- 8. First Admiral
- 9. Portobelo
- 10. Maracaibo
- 11. Panama
- 12. French Service
- 13. Suppression
- 14. The End of the Buccaneers
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index