Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2011-08-17 Public domain in the USA. 131 Burney, James 1750 1821 02015925 History of the Buccaneers of America Produced by Julia Miller, Henry Gardiner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "History of the Buccaneers of America" by James Burney is a historical account written in the early 19th century. The book explores the exploits of Buccaneers, or privateers, primarily from Great Britain and France, who engaged in piracy and plunder against Spanish settlements in the Caribbean and the Americas. It aims to provide a factual narration of their actions, correcting the exaggerations and glorifications of past accounts. At the start of the narrative, Burney outlines the socio-political circumstances that led to the rise of the Buccaneers, including the claims of European nations over newly discovered lands and the native populations' subjugation by the Spanish. He addresses the misconceptions surrounding Buccaneers, emphasizing their role as antagonists against Spanish colonialism rather than mere pirates. By highlighting the narratives of these adventurers, Burney sets the stage for a deeper examination of the historical context and the motivations behind their endeavors. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Buccaneers Pirates -- Caribbean Area -- History French -- Caribbean Area -- History British -- Caribbean Area -- History Caribbean Area -- History -- To 1810 F2155 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - General 768425 767803 2024-09-15T14:40:18.791269 2023-09-16T08:01:06.247051 text/html text/html 768730 2021-01-08T01:38:11 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 383413 2021-01-08T01:38:11 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 467252 2024-09-15T14:40:31.996667 application/epub+zip 477397 2024-09-15T14:40:21.395283 application/epub+zip 340380 2024-09-15T14:40:19.884245 application/epub+zip 998516 2024-09-15T14:40:39.042651 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 924285 2024-09-15T14:40:30.594693 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 562317 2022-09-17T05:14:42.757829 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 673013 672787 2024-09-15T14:40:16.304249 2023-09-16T08:01:04.171018 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 672732 2021-01-08T01:38:11 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 236689 2021-01-08T01:38:11 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 673089 2021-01-08T01:38:11 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 236588 2021-01-08T01:38:11 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20871 2024-09-15T14:40:39.201617 application/rdf+xml 14122 2024-09-15T14:40:20.320294 image/jpeg 3267 2024-09-15T14:40:20.096221 image/jpeg 442260 2024-09-15T14:40:18.863256 application/octet-stream application/zip