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Pirates of New Spain, 1575-1742
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Captivating, well-documented study focuses on piracy among Spain's Pacific coast colonies, ranging from Panama to points north. Gerhard traces the exploits of the Elizabethan pirates — most notably, Sir Francis Drake and the crew of the Golden Hind —Dutch raiders, mercenary buccaneers like Captain Morgan, and the incursions of English smugglers.
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5A no-nonsense book of factual accounts of piracy in New Spain, as opposed to the Caribbean. This teaches that for the most part, a pirate's life doesn't pay. I can only reccomend this book to pirate fanatics, it's rather dry.
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