HI127 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Office Of Energy Efficiency And Renewable Energy, Swordsmanship, Alexandre Exquemelin
Document Summary
Buccaneers: english/french/dutch sea raiders i(cid:374) the pa(cid:374)ish mai(cid:374) duri(cid:374)g the (cid:1005)(cid:1010)(cid:1004)(cid:1004)"s. Locations: tortuga (french colony) and jamaica (british colony) 1598: depopulation of northern hispaniola, moved people out and only animals were left, french later moved in but were pushed out by spanish. Buccaneers comes from boucan, it was a barbecue. 1641: it is recaptured (cid:1005)(cid:1010)(cid:1009)(cid:1008): (cid:862)wester(cid:374) desig(cid:374)(cid:863), e(cid:374)glish wanted to colonize and reshape the west. 1655: massive english force sent to hispaniola, this fails. Went on to become the first successful colony of britain. 1660: britain- pai(cid:374) (cid:373)ake pea(cid:272)e, (cid:271)ut o(cid:374)ly i(cid:374) europe, (cid:862)no pea(cid:272)e (cid:271)eyo(cid:374)d the li(cid:374)e(cid:863) mea(cid:374)t (cid:272)o(cid:374)fli(cid:272)t (cid:272)ould occur in the caribbean. Peter earle (cid:894)pirate author(cid:863) tates that (cid:862)pirate i(cid:373)perialis(cid:373)(cid:863) (cid:449)as o(cid:272)(cid:272)urri(cid:374)g at the ti(cid:373)e. Used small ships/pinnacles, to perform sea and land attacks from 1655-1681; took down 18 spanish cities, 4 towns, and 35 villages. 1680: many people left jamaica to begin an illegal lumber trade. Privateers: would bring fake commission papers to appear as privateers.
