Caribbean pirates

Welsh pirate (1682-1722)

thumb|upright|"Buccaneer of the Caribbean" from Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates. Buccaneers were privateers and pirates operating in the Caribbean Sea during the 17th and 18th centuries. First established as early as 1625 on northwestern side of Hispaniola after the devastations of Osorio, their heyday was from the Restoration in 1660 until about 1688, during a time when governments in the Caribbean area were not strong enough to suppress them. Martinique was a home port for French buccaneers as well as pirates like Captain Crapeau.

republic on the New Providence island in the Bahamas ruled by pirates between 1706–1718

18th-century African pirate

basque pirate

pirate

Welsh pirate, died 1723

pirate active in the Bahamas around 1718

pirate active in the Caribbean