Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
West Indies accounts West Indies accounts Richard B. Sheridan,Roderick A. McDonald "Collection of essays written by former students, colleagues, and friends to honor a preeminent economic historian of the Caribbean. Covering period 1650-1850, essays encompass a broad range of topic… OL19227866W
Renato Beluche, smuggler, privateer, and patriot, 1780-1860 Renato Beluche, smuggler, privateer, and patriot, 1780-1860 Jane Lucas De Grummond Renato Beluche played many roles in the turbulent world of the nineteenth-century Caribbean. He was a merchant sea captain as well as a successful Privateer. He was Simón Bolívar’s favorite admiral a… OL5906247W
Buccaneers of the Caribbean Buccaneers of the Caribbean Jon Latimer "During the seventeenth century, sea raiders known as buccaneers controlled the Caribbean. Buccaneers were not pirates but privateers, licensed to attack the Spanish by the governments of England, Fr… OL6037081W
And a Bottle of Rum And a Bottle of Rum Wayne Curtis One spirit, Ten cocktails, and Four Centuries of American HistoryAnd a Bottle of Rum tells the raucously entertaining story of America as seen through the bottom of a drinking glass. With a chapter f… OL609243W