Buccaneers of the Caribbean
by Jon Latimer
HISTORY
WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON
30/04/09
This is the true story of the Pirates of the Caribbean, full of characters larger than life – even than Jack Sparrow. Latimer follows the pirates of Britain, France, Portugal and the Netherlands and points out that their random explorations helped to kick-start empires. The improvident courage of buccaneers was mirrored by licensed imperialists: the cruel Cortés, conqueror of the human-sacrificing Aztecs, had just 600 men and 16 horses with him.
Buccaneers is full of surprises, such as female pirates – Pepys visited one in jail – and those who survived to retire quietly on remote islands
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