Essays Tagged: "buccaneers"

A trip through panama. A travel description.

gold before it was shipped to Spain. The original city was sacked and burned in 1671 by a group of buccaneers led by Henry Morgan. The city was rebuilt within a year, this time on a peninsula 18 mile ...

(4 pages) 204 4 4.4 Mar/1997

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays > Travel Descriptions

Types of Pirates: Buccaneer, Corsair, and Privateer.

d mean the difference between life and death" (Konstam 10). There were three main types of pirates: buccaneers, corsairs, and privateers.First, buccaneers, from the French word boucanier, were pirates ... ers often turned to piracy in times of peace.In conclusion, there were three main types of pirates: buccaneers, corsairs, and privateers. Buccaneers were the Spanish-hunting meat-grillers, the corsair ...

(2 pages) 23 0 5.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History