Types of Pirates: Buccaneer, Corsair, and Privateer.
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 03:44:06
Imagine witnessing the trial of a pirate who was trying to prove to the Admiralty Court that he was a privateer. There were many different types of pirates. Being one and not another "could mean the difference between life and death" (Konstam 10). There were three main types of pirates: buccaneers, corsairs, and privateers.
First, buccaneers, from the French word boucanier, were pirates who were stationed in the Caribbean. They consisted mostly of runaways, fugitives, and
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Wilczynski, Krzysztof Types of Pirates: A Buccaneer. Online. 6 Feb 2006.
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Wilczynski, Krzysztof Types of Pirates: A Corsair. Online. 6 Feb 2006.
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Wilczynski, Krzysztof Types of Pirates: A Privateer. Online. 6 Feb 2006.
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