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Author Latimer, Jon.

Title Buccaneers of the Caribbean : how piracy forged an empire / Jon Latimer.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.

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 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  972.9 LAT    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  972.903 LATIMER    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  972.903 LAT    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  972.9 LAT    Check Shelf
Description 342 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 25 cm
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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.
Subject Buccaneers.
Privateering -- Caribbean Area -- History -- 17th century.
Adventure and adventurers -- Caribbean Area -- History -- 17th century.
Seafaring life -- Caribbean Area -- History -- 17th century.
Caribbean Area -- History, Naval -- 17th century.
Imperialism -- History -- 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 alkaline paper
0674034031 alkaline paper
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