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"""In Search of the Buccaneers"" takes its readers to eleven cities and islands where the 17th century buccaneers wrote their names on the pages of Caribbean history. Each chapter captures the events that made these 'legitimate pirates' the scourge of the Spanish empire and allowed the colonization of the region by the English, French and Dutch. Containing 130 illustrations, paintings and maps, ""In Search of the Buccaneers"" is aimed at readers seeking a popular history of this period of the Caribbean's unique history and heritage."

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In Search of the Buccaneers is a great popular history of piracy in the Caribbean in the late 17th century, full of illustrations and atmospheric drawings. Toby Clements, The Telegraph If you enjoy a history book that combines well-known and little-known facts, myths and romance, legendary villains and heroes and a dose of historical speculation, In Search of the Buccaneers is sure to bring history to life for you. Paddy Dalton, The Sunday Gleaner

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Anthony Gambrill has lived in Jamaica for almost fifty years and is the chairman of a leading advertising agency and magazine publishing company. In l998 he received his Master’s degree in History and Heritage from the University of the West Indies. He is a past president of the Jamaica Historical Society. His interest in the buccaneers he traces back to the acquisition of the l684 English edition of Alexander Exquemelin’s book Boucaniers of America .

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