MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2009007389
003 DLC
005 20090917165619.0
008 090218s2009 mauabf b 001 0deng
010 $a 2009007389
020 $a9780674034037 (alk. paper)
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035 $a(OCoLC)ocn261174550
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050 00 $aF2161$b.L38 2009
082 00 $a972.9/03$222
100 1 $aLatimer, Jon.
245 10 $aBuccaneers of the Caribbean :$bhow piracy forged an empire /$cJon Latimer.
260 $aCambridge, Mass. :$bHarvard University Press,$c2009.
300 $a342 p., [16] p. of plates :$bill. (chiefly col.), maps ;$c25 cm.
520 $a"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.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 314-326) and index.
505 0 $a1. 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.
650 0 $aBuccaneers.
650 0 $aPrivateering$zCaribbean Area$xHistory$y17th century.
650 0 $aAdventure and adventurers$zCaribbean Area$xHistory$y17th century.
650 0 $aSeafaring life$zCaribbean Area$xHistory$y17th century.
651 0 $aCaribbean Area$xHistory, Naval$y17th century.
650 0 $aImperialism$xHistory$y17th century.
651 0 $aSpain$xColonies$zAmerica$xHistory$y17th century.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xColonies$zAmerica$xHistory$y17th century.
651 0 $aFrance$xColonies$zAmerica$xHistory$y17th century.
651 0 $aNetherlands$xColonies$zAmerica$xHistory$y17th century.