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The Pirates of the West Indies in 17th Century : True Story of the Fiercest Pirates of the Caribbean, Paperback / softback Book

The Pirates of the West Indies in 17th Century : True Story of the Fiercest Pirates of the Caribbean Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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Clarence Henry Haring was an important historian of Latin America and a pioneer in initiating the study of Latin American colonial institutions among scholars in the United States.

Excerpt: "Christopher Columbus, a Genoese sailor in the service of the Castilian Crown, wishing to find a western route by sea to India and especially to Zipangu (Japan), the magic land described by the Venetian traveller, Marco Polo, landed on 12th October 1492, on "Guanahani," one of the Bahama Islands.

From "Guanahani" he passed on to other islands of the same group, and thence to Hispaniola, Tortuga and Cuba..."

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