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Buccaneers of the Caribbean how piracy forged an empire
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Title
Buccaneers of the Caribbean [electronic resource] : how piracy forged an empire / Jon Latimer.
ISBN
9780674034037 (alk. paper)
0674034031 (alk. paper)
Published
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.
Physical Description
342 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 25 cm.
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Notes
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2010. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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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.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 11, 2011
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.
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