TY - GEN N2 - 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 the crash of gunfire to the billowing sail on the horizon, Latimer brilliantly evokes the dramatic age of the buccaneers. DO - 10.4159/9780674054172 DO - doi AB - 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 the crash of gunfire to the billowing sail on the horizon, Latimer brilliantly evokes the dramatic age of the buccaneers. T1 - Buccaneers of the Caribbean :How Piracy Forged an Empire / AU - Latimer, Jon, JF - Harvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 CN - F2161 LA - eng LA - In English. ID - 1478841 KW - Adventure and adventurers KW - Buccaneers. KW - Imperialism KW - Privateering KW - Seafaring life KW - HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General. SN - 9780674054172 TI - Buccaneers of the Caribbean :How Piracy Forged an Empire / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674054172 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674054172 ER -