Captivating, well-documented study focuses on piracy among Spain's Pacific coast colonies, ranging from Panama to points north. Colorful narrative traces exploi

By 1540, piracy, with some encouragement from the English and French governments, was thriving in the Caribbean. Much has been written about the pirates who inf

Originally published as The pirates of the west coast of New Spain, 1575-1742 by A.H. Clark Co. in 1960. Unchanged but for the durable paper on which this Bison

This introductory survey to maritime predation in the Americas from the age of Columbus to the reign of the Spanish king Philip V includes piracy, privateering