Author

Publication

2009 - Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

85,500 words, Guess

Page Count

342 pages

Identifiers

and 6 more
  • LibraryThing8358067
  • Library of Congress Control Number2009007389
  • OCLC Control Number261174550
  • Better World Books9780674034037
  • Better World BooksW8-BJW-339
  • Open LibraryOL23170284M

Classifications

  • DDC972.9/03
  • LCCF2161 .L38 2009
  • LCCF2161.L38 2009

Description

"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.

Subjects

Topics

HistoryColoniesBuccaneersImperialismPrivateeringNaval HistorySeafaring life

Times

Other Editions

  • Buccaneers of the Caribbean: how piracy forged an empireHarvard University Press2009-01-01

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