The Buccaneers of America: A True Account of the Most Remarkable Assaults Committed of Late Years upon the Coasts of the West Indies by the Buccaneers of Jamaica & Tortuga by Alexandre O Exquemelin
Editied by Matt Albers, translated by William Swan Sonnenschein
The West Indies in the late 17th Century was home to a group of sea raiders that were not yet pirates, and not quite privateers. The Buccaneers. The Brethren of the Coast, as they called themselves, lived dissolute lives of violence, debauchery, thievery, & murder.
These are the stories of Captain Henry Morgan and his raids on Campeche, Porto Bello, and Panama. Of Francois l’Ollonias and the terror he inflicted on the people of Maracaibo and Cabo Gracis a Dios. Of Pierre le Picard, Roche Brasiliano, and Pierre le Grand. These are the first Pirates of the Caribbean.
From the English city of Port Royal & the French island of Tortuga they sailed in fleets of small ships hunting for Spanish silver.…
Over the last couple of decades, an ideological battle has raged over the political legacy and cultural symbolism of the “golden age” pirates who roamed the seas between the Caribbean Islands and the Indian Ocean from roughly 1690 to 1725. They are depicted as romanticized villains on the one hand and as genuine social rebels on the other. 
Villains of All Nations explores the ‘Golden Age’ of Atlantic piracy (1716-1726) and the infamous generation whose images underlie our modern, romanticized view of pirates.
Tom Mason and the Blue Buccaneers are a wild band of Nashville musicians who dress like pirates and play a rollicking mix of piratical sing-alongs, rousing historical rave-ups, afro-cuban tinged ballads, Cajun sea shanties, and bluesy Irish jigs, transforming big festivals, performing arts centers, and urban nightclubs into bustling seaside taverns at the turn of the seventeenth century.
The 36-year-old John Brownrigg is an experienced seaman from Newcastle. Although he officially holds the position of coxswain on Dream Chaser, he is one of the most indispensable crewmembers in the day-to-day running of the vessel, as well as maintaining the sails and rigging. Generally good-natured, he is known to be hot-tempered at times, especially with regards to the love-hate relationship that has developed between him and William Benton. A committed Jacobite, he was a sailor on a privateer vessel which took the Old Pretender, James Stuart, from France to Peterhead in Scotland, although they arrived too late for the battle.