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.

Imperialism--History--17th century.

Imperialism.

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

Caribbean Area.

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

Spain.

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

Great Britain.

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

France.

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

Netherlands.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

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. Panama

12. French service

13. Suppression

14. The end of the buccaneers.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

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

ISBN:

0-674-05417-2

OCLC:

648759737