Bibliograph

Buccaneers of the Caribbean, how piracy forged an empire, Jon Latimer

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Buccaneers of the Caribbean, how piracy forged an empire, Jon Latimer

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-326) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrationsmapsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Buccaneers of the Caribbean

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

261174550

Responsibility statement

Jon Latimer

Sub title

how piracy forged an empire

Summary

"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 new empires" --From publisher description

Table Of Contents

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. Panamá -- 12. French service -- 13. Suppression -- 14. The end of the buccaneers

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