Illustration
An early 20th-century illustration by Howard Pyle showing buccaneers obliging prisoners to reveal the whereabouts of their valuables in Cartagena. The buccaneers terrorized the Spanish Main from 1620 to 1697. (From Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates: Fiction, Fact & Fancy Concerning the Buccaneers & Marooners of the Spanish Main, Harper and Brothers, 1921)
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APA Style
Pyle, H. (2021, October 19). Buccaneers Searching for Loot. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/14733/buccaneers-searching-for-loot/
Chicago Style
Pyle, Howard. "Buccaneers Searching for Loot." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified October 19, 2021. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/14733/buccaneers-searching-for-loot/.
MLA Style
Pyle, Howard. "Buccaneers Searching for Loot." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 19 Oct 2021. Web. 21 Feb 2025.
