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Central America and the Caribbean (detailed pdf map). The era of piracy in the Caribbean began in the 1500s and phased out in the 1830s after the navies of the nations of Western Europe and North America with colonies in the Caribbean began hunting and prosecuting pirates.
A map from the book A New Voyage Round the World, published in 1697 by the pirate William Dampier.. Lake Nicaragua, then called the Sweet Sea, is the largest freshwater lake in Central America and is connected to the Caribbean Sea by the San Juan River.
I may just swoon." The name "Black Sam's Spit" was later used for the Pirates of the Caribbean Monopoly game. [4] Jack Sparrow called the island "Rum Island" in the 2006 video game Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow. The name "Rumrunner's Isle" was mostly used other media, most notably Pirates of the Caribbean Online.
The Brethren or Brethren of the Coast were a loose coalition of pirates and buccaneers that were active in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico. They mostly operated in two locations, the island of Tortuga off the coast of Haiti and in the city of Port Royal on the island of Jamaica. [1]
Pirates targeted valuable cargoes such as sugar, tobacco, spices, textiles, slaves, and gold. They also seized ships and equipment maritime navigation and communication. [4] Pirate havens influenced the relations and conflicts among various colonial powers, who competed for control over trade and territory in different parts of the world.
Caribbean A privateer and pirate active in King William's War. Brigstock Weaver? 1720–1725 Unknown He is best known for his association with fellow pirates Thomas Anstis and Bartholomew Roberts. John West (pirate)? 1713–1714 Unknown A minor pirate in the Caribbean, best known for his association with Benjamin Hornigold. Joseph Wheeler (pirate)?
Captain Jack Sparrow (Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean), Captain Hook and Mr. Smee (“Peter Pan” by J.M. Barrie), and Long John Silver (“Treasure Island” by Robert Louis Stevenson).
World War II shipwrecks in the Caribbean Sea (45 P) ... Pirate Hunters; Spanish destroyer Plutón; USS Porpoise (1820) SS Prinz Waldemar; Prinzessin Victoria Luise;