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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Latimer, Jon.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buccaneers.

Privateering--Caribbean Area--History--17th century.

Privateering.

Adventure and adventurers--Caribbean Area--History--17th century.

Adventure and adventurers.

Seafaring life--Caribbean Area--History--17th century.

Seafaring life.

Colonies.

History.

Imperialism.

Naval history.

Caribbean Area--History, Naval--17th century.

Caribbean Area.

Imperialism--History--17th century.

Spain--Colonies--America--History--17th century.

Spain.

Great Britain--Colonies--America--History--17th century.

Great Britain.

America.

France--Colonies--America--History--17th century.

France.

Netherlands--Colonies--America--History--17th century.

Netherlands.

Physical Description:

342 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.

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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-326) and index.

ISBN:

9780674034037

0674034031

OCLC:

261174550