Pirates and Empire in the Seventeeth Century Atlantic -World

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Historical Background 
Primary Sources
Cornelius Burroughs, Rich Newes from Jamaica, 1659    
Jamaican Letters to Secretary Sir Henry Bennet, 1664
Sir Thomas Modyford, Instructions for Admiral Henry Morgan, 1670
Excerpt from the Treaty of Madrid, 1670
Plunder and Diplomacy, from Alexandre Exquemelin, The Buccaneers of America, 1678
Captain Rock the Brazilian, from Alexandre Exquemelin, The Buccaneers of America, 1678
Images from Buccaneers of America
Sir Thomas Lynch to Secretary Sir Leoline Jenkins, July 26, 1683
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