Buccaneers of the Caribbean : how piracy forged an empire / Jon Latimer.
2009
F2161 .L38 2009 (Mapit)
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Title
Buccaneers of the Caribbean : how piracy forged an empire / Jon Latimer.
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ISBN
9780674034037 (alk. paper)
0674034031 (alk. paper)
0674034031 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.
Language
English
Description
342 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Call Number
F2161 .L38 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
972.9/03
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.
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.