Buccaneers Of The Caribbean
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Buccaneers Of The Caribbean
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Author : Jon Latimer
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2009-06
Buccaneers Of The Caribbean written by Jon Latimer and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06 with History categories.
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. Lacking effective naval power, the English, French, and Dutch developed privateering as the means of protecting their young New World colonies. They developed a form of semi-legal private warfare, often carried out regardless of political developments on the other side of the Atlantic, but usually with tacit approval from London, Paris, and Amsterdam. Drawing on letters, diaries, and memoirs of such figures as William Dampier, Sieur Raveneau de Lussan, Alexander Oliver Exquemelin, and Basil Ringrose, Jon Latimer portrays a world of madcap adventurers, daredevil seafarers, and dangerous rogues. Piet Hein of the Dutch West India Company captured, off the coast of Cuba, the Spanish treasure fleet, laden with American silver, and funded the Dutch for eight months in their fight against Spain. The switch from tobacco to sugar transformed the Caribbean, and everyone scrambled for a quick profit in the slave trade. Oliver Cromwell’s ludicrous Western Design—a grand scheme to conquer Central America—fizzled spectacularly, while the surprising prosperity of Jamaica set England solidly on the road to empire. The infamous Henry Morgan conducted a dramatic raid through the tropical jungle of Panama that ended in the burning of Panama City. From the crash of gunfire to the billowing sail on the horizon, Latimer brilliantly evokes the dramatic age of the buccaneers.
The Buccaneers Of America
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Author : Alexandre O. Exquemelin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
The Buccaneers Of America written by Alexandre O. Exquemelin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with categories.
Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin (1645-1707) was a French, Dutch or Flemish writer best known as the author of one of the most important sourcebooks of 17th-century piracy, first published in Dutch as De Americaensche Zee-Roovers, in Amsterdam, by Jan ten Hoorn, in 1678. Born about 1645, it is likely that Exquemelin was a native of Harfleur, France, who on his return from buccaneering settled in Holland, possibly because he was a Huguenot. In 1666 he was engaged by the French West India Company and went to Tortuga, where he worked as an indentured servant for three years. There he enlisted with the buccaneers, in particular with the band of Henry Morgan, whose confidante he was, probably as a barber-surgeon, and remained with them until 1674. Shortly afterwards he returned to Europe and settled in Amsterdam where he qualified professionally as a surgeon, his name appearing on the 1679 register of the Dutch Surgeons' Guild. However, he was later once again in the Caribbean as his name appears on the muster-roll as a surgeon in the attack on Cartagena in 1697. Esquemeling served the Buccaneers as a barber-surgeon, and was present for all their exploits. Little did he suspect that his first hand observations would some day be cherished as the only authentic and true history of the Buccaneers and Marooners of the Spanish Main. A true account of the most remarkable assaults committed upon the coasts of the West Indies by the Buccaneers of Jamaica and Tortuga.
Pirates Of The Caribbean
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Author : Cruz Apestegui Cardenal
language : en
Publisher: Conway Maritime Press
Release Date : 2002
Pirates Of The Caribbean written by Cruz Apestegui Cardenal and has been published by Conway Maritime Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Buccaneers categories.
Pirates of the Caribbean is a study of pirates in the Americas during their heyday. Cruz Apestegui has drawn on a huge number of sources - both published and unpublished - to write the definitive narrative history of piracy in the Caribbean. The story begins with the arrival of the first Spanish settlers in the New World. They found an immense amount of wealth there, and the whole purpose of these early settlements was to extract this and send it back to Spain in great treasure galleons. When Spain found itself at war with France in the 1520s, these settlements and galleons became the target for privateers in the service of the French king. From these beginnings, the whole edifice of piracy, popularised by Hollywood films and the swashbuckling novels of Rafael Sabatini, emerged. The wealth of New Spain attracted ship owners who tried both legitimate trade and smuggling to turn a profit. European wars generated fleets of ships commanded by the same men who replaced illegal trade with outright seizure of ships and attacks on Spanish ports. Famous names such as Hawkins, Morgan, Drake, and Heyn all built their fortunes on these escapades. Piracy remained profitable until trade with Spa
The Buccaneers Of America
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Author : John Esquemeling
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2013-01-03
The Buccaneers Of America written by John Esquemeling and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-03 with History categories.
Fascinating chronicle of the bands of plundering sea rovers who roamed the Caribbean and coastlines of Central America in the 17th century. Detailed accounts of shrewd and fearless men, excellent navigators, and blood-thirsty adventurers who frequently committed inhuman acts of cruelty—among them the infamous Henry Morgan.
The Buccaneers Of America
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Author : Alexander O. Exquemelin
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2016-09-16
The Buccaneers Of America written by Alexander O. Exquemelin and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-16 with categories.
Exquemelin's book of adventure and swashbuckling tells the true stories of distinguished pirates such as Captain Henry Morgan. First published in 1678 just a few years after the described incidents took place, The Buccaneers of America is also known by the title The Pirates of Panama. For its unabashed description of adventure and thievery on the high seas, the text has captivated audiences for centuries with its frank and reasonably accurate accounts of piracy in the waters of the Caribbean and Central America. The main focus of the book is Captain Henry Morgan, an English pirate whose skills at coastal raiding resulted in his gaining great fame and fortune. Rare for a pirate in that his raids were for the most part consistently successful and lucrative, Morgan would eventually retire and be granted the governorship of Jamaica by a British government grateful for work he performed for the Crown. This edition of the book is derived from a version of the text which first appeared in 1914. The text is generally faithful to Alexander Exquemelin's first-hand descriptions of his adventures, sailing with some of the most notorious pirates to ever venture upon the seas. Although divided into chapters, the book is written as a detailed but engaging log of the various escapades the pirates embarked upon, and is a text worthy of any enthusiast of piracy.
In Search Of The Buccaneers
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Author : Anthony Gambrill
language : en
Publisher: MacMillan Caribbean
Release Date : 2007
In Search Of The Buccaneers written by Anthony Gambrill and has been published by MacMillan Caribbean this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
In Search of the Buccaneers spans seventy years and takes the reader to a dozen cities in the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico where the buccaneers, often legitimately equipped with royal commissions from French, English and Dutch colonial governors, assaulted the Spanish at sea and on land. It traces the evolution of the early boucaniers - hunters in northwest Hispaniola - to sea-roving buccaneers who lived by the convention - no purchase, no pay. By the mid-sixteenth century the enormous wealth Spain had extracted from her colonial possessions was becoming depleted. At the same time her European rivals sought to establish themselves in the Caribbean islands. It was buccaneering that allowed colonization to take root and thrive. This book is written not primarily for the academically-minded but for the history enthusiast with a lively interest in the Caribbean's colourful history and heritage.
The Buccaneer S Realm
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Author : Benerson Little
language : en
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
Release Date : 2007
The Buccaneer S Realm written by Benerson Little and has been published by Potomac Books, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
In 1674, it is three years since Henry Morgan’s pirates sacked Panama. England is now at peace with Spain, and soon France, Holland, and Spain will briefly be at peace among themselves. But soon buccaneers and their French counterparts, the filibusters, will seize the opportunity of material gain presented by the far-flung and failing Spanish Empire. And Spain will produce its own notorious pirates, whose depredations against the English and French will become legend. These men of opportunistic calculation and desperate courage live in a wilder, larger, and richer time and place than any other frontier in modern history—the Spanish Main. Unflinchingly, unhesitatingly, unabashedly, they will take to the peaceful seas for riches by force of arms. The world will witness piracy on a grand scale. While Benerson Little’s previous work showed brilliantly how pirates actually plied their trade, The Buccaneer’s Realm focuses on their cultural and physical environments. It describes not merely their deeds but their world—the New World of the Spanish Main and its many peoples, freedoms, dangers, and exploits that are the foundation of the Americas. A detailed and lively description of pirate life, it will especially appeal to readers with an interest in maritime, naval, military, and colonial history, as well as sociologists, anthropologists, and armchair adventurers.
The Buccaneers Of America
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Author : Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 2000-01-01
The Buccaneers Of America written by Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-01-01 with Transportation categories.
Fascinating chronicle of the bands of plundering sea rovers who roamed the Caribbean and coastlines of Central America in the 17th century. Includes exploits of the infamous Henry Morgan and his burning of Panama City.
The Buccaneers Of America
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Author : Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
The Buccaneers Of America written by Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with History categories.
In 1666, John Esqemeling arrived in the Caribbean island of Tortuga as an indentured servant of the French West India Company. After gaining his freedom, Esqemeling joined the pirates who had made Tortuga their hideout, and sailed with the pirates Pierre la Grande, Francis Lolonois, and Captain Henry Morgan as a surgeon. This is Esqemeling's firsthand account, published in Holland in 1678, of his travels with the American Buccaneers. With ten pages of original engraved illustrations.
Queer Buccaneers
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Author : Heike Steinhoff
language : en
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
Release Date : 2011
Queer Buccaneers written by Heike Steinhoff and has been published by LIT Verlag Münster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Gender identity categories.
Pirates captivate the Western cultural imagination at the beginning of the 21st century. Queer Buccaneers addresses this phenomenon through an analysis of the Disney film series Pirates of the Caribbean. Reading the films from a variety of post-structuralist perspectives, this study demonstrates the contradictory discourses and power relations that characterize the series. It argues that 'piracy' constitutes a sliding signifier that facilitates the (de)construction of discursive boundaries of gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, class, and nationality. (Series: Transnational and Transatlantic American Studies - Vol. 10)