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Buccaneers of the Caribbean

How Piracy Forged an Empire

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HARDCOVER

$29.50 • £25.95 • €26.95

ISBN 9780674034037

Publication Date: 06/01/2009

Short

368 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

23 illustrations and halftones, 5 maps

United States and its dependencies only

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  • List of Illustrations and Maps
  • Maps
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 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
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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