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Buch, Englisch, 277 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Raiders and Natives

Cross-Cultural Relations in the Age of Buccaneers
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-0-8203-6183-3
Verlag: University of Georgia Press

Cross-Cultural Relations in the Age of Buccaneers

Buch, Englisch, 277 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

ISBN: 978-0-8203-6183-3
Verlag: University of Georgia Press


Throughout the seventeenth century Dutch, French, and English freebooters launched numerous assaults on Spanish targets all over Central America. Many people have heard of Henry Morgan and François L’Olonnais, who led a series of successful raids, but few know that the famous buccaneers often operated in regions inhabited and controlled by Native Americans rather than Spaniards.

Arne Bialuschewski explores the cross-cultural relations that emerged when greedy marauders encountered local populations in various parts of the Spanish empire. Natives, as it turned out, played a crucial role in the outcome of many of those raids. Depending on their own needs and assessment of the situation, indigenous people sometimes chose to support the colonial authorities and sometimes aided the intruders instead. Freebooters used native guides, relied on expertise and supplies obtained from local communities, and captured and enslaved many natives they encountered on their way. This book tells the fascinating story of how indigenous groups or individuals participated in the often-romanticized history of buccaneering.

Building on extensive archival research, Bialuschewski untangles the wide variety of forms that cross-cultural relations took. By placing these encounters at the center of Raiders and Natives, the author changes our understanding of the early modern
Atlantic World and the role that native populations played in the international conflicts of the seventeenth century.
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ARNE BIALUSCHEWSKI is an assistant professor (tenured) in the department of history at Trent University (Canada). He is the author of Piratenleben and co-author of Piracy in the Early Modern Era. He is a native of Germany.


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