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The Spanish Buccaneering Era

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The Buccaneering Era rose when the Spanish Empire began moving massive riches out of the Spanish Main (“Buccaneering Era”). Spain colonized the Spanish Main in 1630. The main source of food on the island were pigs. Settlers cooked the pigs on an open fire, which was called buccaning. This is how the settlers received their name the Buccaneers. As the population began to grow on the Spanish Main, the Spanish became nervous. They slaughtered the pigs and destroyed the only food source on the island. Many buccaneers turned to piracy to meet their needs (Krysteck, Lee). The buccaneers attacked ships in the Indian Ocean, West African Coast, Caribbean waters, and the Atlantic Sea (“Famous Pirates and the Golden Age of Piracy”). Pinnaces were the
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