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Title: A Brief History of Piracy in the Caribbean: 1500-1730
Author: Doster, Stephen
Abstract: 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
Description: 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.
Subject: Pirate
Caribbean
LCSH Subject: Piracy -- Caribbean Area -- History
Caribbean Area -- History -- To 1810
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1803/3135
Date: 2007-05

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