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Cartagena on the Spanish Main
A c. 1589 map showing the port of Cartagena on the Spanish Main (now in modern Colombia). Cartagena was one of the main ports for the Spanish treasure fleets and acted as a collecting point for gold, silver, emeralds...
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Henry Morgan at Panama
A mid-18th century illustration showing the attack of the buccaneer force led by Henry Morgan (c. 1635-1688) on the city of Panama on the Spanish Main in 1671. (From an early edition of Charles Johnson's A General History...
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Henry Morgan's Attack on Puerto Principe
An illustration showing the attack of the buccaneer force led by Henry Morgan (c. 1635-1688) on Puerto Principe, Cuba in 1668. (From On the Spanish Main by John Masefield, 1939)
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Sir Henry Morgan
A 17th-century illustration of the buccaneer of the Spanish Main and Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica, Sir Henry Morgan (c. 1635-1688). (From an early edition of The Buccaneers of America by Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin)
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Garry Shaw
Garry Shaw, author of the Egyptian mythology travel guide Egyptian mythology: a Traveller's Guide from Aswan to Alexandria.
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Egyptian Mythology: a Traveller's Guide from Aswan to Alexandria
Egyptian Mythology: a Traveller's Guide from Aswan to Alexandria book cover.
© Thames & Hudson
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Christ Driving the Money-changers from the Temple
Christ Driving the Money-changers from the Temple, oil on canvas painting by Theodoor Rombouts (1597-1637)
Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp.
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Vasseur's Fortress, Tortuga
The fortress built by Jean Le Vasseur from 1642 on the island of Tortuga (Ile de la Tortue), located in northwest Hispaniola (modern Haiti and the Dominican Republic). Tortuga became a major haven for the buccaneers like...
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François L'Olonais Cigarette Card
A late-19th century cigarette card showing the French buccaneer and pirate François L'Olonais (1630-1668). L'Olonias was the cruellest of all buccaneers, torturing and executing almost all of his captives during...
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François L'Olonais
A 17th century illustration of François L’Olonais (1630-1668), the infamous French buccaneer who terrorized the Spanish Main. (From an early edition of The Buccaneers of America by Alexander Exquemelin)
