Buccaneer
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Buccaneers were privateers and pirates operating in the Caribbean Sea during the 17th and 18th centuries. First established as early as 1625 on northwestern side of Hispaniola after the devastations o
"Buccaneer of the Caribbean" from Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates.
Howard Pyle – Buccaneers attacking a much larger Spanish galleon
Howard Pyle – Buccaneers extorting tribute from the citizens of a captured city.
Privateer
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A privateer is a private person or vessel which engages in commerce raiding under a commission of war. Since piracy was a common aspect of seaborne trade, until the early 19th century all merchant shi
Buccaneer
…Buccaneers were privateers and pirates operating in the Caribbean Sea during the 17th and 18th centuries. First established as early as 1625 on northwestern side of Hispaniola…
The French privateer Confiance (right) boarding the British East Indiaman Kent on 7 October 1800
A Dutch squadron engaging the Dunkirkers off Nieuwpoort in 1640
Greek privateer Lambros Katsonis raided Ottoman shipping in the 18th century
Woodes Rogers and his men searching Spanish ladies for their jewels in Guayaquil in 1709