Ya know, when I was about a 'tween, I read Michener’s “Caribbean.” It had a chapter or two about the true boucaniers. I always thought you could write a whole book or make a good movie about the real thing, though it might border on the grisly. It’s an interesting moment of history and circumstance. To this day, most pirate stuff is far off the mark, though the quality of maritime yarns in the age of sail have improved…
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Wasn’t America named after a writer?
Amerigo Vespucci?
Well, he probably wrote something.
At least a letter or two.
My ancestors were opportunistic ship owners, of a sort, and I find nothing wrong with celebrating the capitalism they brought to the marketplace.