What is a Buccaneer?

buccaneer, English, French, or Dutch sea adventurer who haunted chiefly the Caribbean and the Pacific seaboard of South America, preying on Spanish settlements and shipping during the second half of the 17th century.

What is a mercantile Buccaneer?

a business person who is determined to succeed even if this involves taking big risks: These mercantile buccaneers are always wildly in favour of the free market. (Definition of buccaneer from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Who is the Buccaneer of the Caribbean?

"Buccaneer of the Caribbean" from Howard Pyle 's Book of Pirates. Buccaneers were a kind of privateers or free sailors peculiar to the Caribbean Sea during the 17th and 18th centuries.

When did buccaneering start?

The name became universally adopted later in 1684 when the first English translation of Alexandre Exquemelin 's book The Buccaneers of America was published. Viewed from London, buccaneering was a low-budget way to wage war on England's rival, Spain. So, the English crown licensed buccaneers with letters of marque,...