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Latimer, Jon.
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Buccaneers.
Privateering -- Caribbean Area -- History -- 17th century.
Adventure and adventurers -- Caribbean Area -- History -- 17th century.
Seafaring life -- Caribbean Area -- History -- 17th century.
Imperialism -- History -- 17th century.
Caribbean Area -- History, Naval -- 17th century.
Spain -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 17th century.
Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 17th century.
France -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 17th century.
Netherlands -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 17th century.
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Latimer, Jon.
Buccaneers.
Privateering -- Caribbean Area -- History -- 17th century.
Adventure and adventurers -- Caribbean Area -- History -- 17th century.
Seafaring life -- Caribbean Area -- History -- 17th century.
Imperialism -- History -- 17th century.
Caribbean Area -- History, Naval -- 17th century.
Spain -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 17th century.
Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 17th century.
France -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 17th century.
Netherlands -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 17th century.
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Buccaneers of the Caribbean : how piracy forged an empire / Jon
Latimer
.
by
Latimer
, Jon.
Harvard University Press, 2009.
Call #:
972.9 L357b
Subjects
Buccaneers.
Privateering -- Caribbean Area -- History -- 17th century.
Adventure and adventurers -- Caribbean Area -- History -- 17th century.
Seafaring life -- Caribbean Area -- History -- 17th century.
Imperialism -- History -- 17th century.
Caribbean Area -- History, Naval -- 17th century.
Spain -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 17th century.
Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 17th century.
France -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 17th century.
Netherlands -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 17th century.
ISBN:
9780674034037 (alk. paper)
9780297844587 (Weidenfeld & Nicolson UK ed.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
342 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 314-326) and index.
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.
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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