Pirates of the Spanish Main Author:American Heritage Pirates- the business of robbery on the high seas- has always been considered a serious crime against mankind, punishable by death. The sea robbers of America have boasted buccaneers, corsairs, marooners, marauders, freebooters, and filibusters among their numbers, to say nothing of men occasionally authorized by law to operate as privateers. — A... more » complete history of American piracy would fill an entire library shelf- which means that only a few of the New World's many thousands of sea rovers can be included here. But it is hoped that the stories and pictures presented in this book will give young readers an accurate foretaste of the marvelously romantic history of the Caribbean, and that it may lead them to read further accounts of pirate deeds.« less