Smuggling is rampant in the Spanish American…

May 1656 CE

Smuggling is rampant in the Spanish American empire, and the smugglers of the Caribbean eventually become a semi-organized navy of buccaneers, an international brotherhood of privateers.

The buccaneers, operating under French patronage from their base on Tortuga, move to Port Royal upon England’s capture of Jamaica.

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Port Royal Kingston Jamaica View →

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New Spain, Viceroyalty of View → Spain, Habsburg Kingdom of View → France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of View → England, Commonwealth of View → Jamaica (English Colony) View →

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Colonization of the Americas, Spanish View → Colonization of the Americas, English View → Franco-Spanish War of 1635-59 View → Piracy, Golden Age of View → Interregnum, English (First) View → Anglo-Spanish War of 1654-60 View →

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Fish and game View → Weapons View → Hides and feathers View → Gem materials View → Strategic metals View → Slaves View → Sweeteners View → Land View → Tobacco View →

Subjects
Commerce View → Products View → Watercraft View → Labor and Service View → Conflict View → Faith View → Government View → Technology View → Finance View → Piracy View →

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