A Brief History of Piracy in the Caribbean: 1500-1730
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Vanderbilt University
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Piracy in the Caribbean can be segmented into five distinct overlapping eras, which this paper will examine: the French Corsairs, 1500-1559 the Elizabethans, 1558-1603 the Dutch Sea Rovers, 1570-1648 the Buccaneers "Golden Age," 1630-1697 the Freebooters, 1700-1730
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Student research for Spring, 2007 MLAS 270-23, Contemporary Caribbean, Professor William Frank Robinson. This article examines piracy in the Caribbean from 1500 to 1730.
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Pirate, Caribbean