Pirates and Buccaneers
Pirates and Buccaneers in the Caribbean served mainly French, Dutch and British as a kind of self-financed mercenaries in their war against Spain.16th Century Engravings by Theodor de Bry

French Buccaneers sacking Havanna

French Buccaneers sacking a city on Spanish Main

Francis Drake attacking San Domingo

Walter Raleigh sacking a Spanish city
Older prints

Pirates celebrating ashore

Pirates plundering a Spanish settlement
20th Century illustrations

Pirates dividing the booty

Pirates sacking a city on the Spanish Main

Pirate captain on deck

A proud buccaneer