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Buccaneers of the Caribbean : how piracy forged an empire /
"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 f...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "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"--Publisher description. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (342 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-326) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780674054172 0674054172 |