Index for the Project Gutenberg Series "American Pioneers and Patriots"

CHAPTER I.

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Origin of the Buccaneers. Renown of Captain Kidd.—Wild Legends.—Demands of Spain.—Opposition of the Maritime Powers.—The Rise of the Buccaneers.—The Pirates' Code.—Remonstrance of Spain.—Reply of France and England.—Confession of a Buccaneer.—Adventures of Peter the Great. 9