oThe most enduring theme of Caribbean history is pirates. From the 16th century, Brigands first terrorized the area and achieved an unfortunate fate. About 500 years later, Pirates is still a large company, but now they are mostly employed in the area’s tourism industry with a wide range of boat tours, treasure hunts and Yoho Jourity. We seem to like pirates, but if not infringement of its modern digital meaning, Jolly Roger flies in almost every tourist venue as a symbol of harmless fun.
However, what he calls historians, called the Golden Age of Copyright Piracy in the Caribbean, appears to have ended in the mid-18th century. The European powerhouse – for 150 years, encouraged sea captains and adventurers to attack the maritime and colonial settlements of rival nations – became tired of the lawlessness and the chaos of trade, and decided to drive away the pirates. Predators became prey as European navy and colonial authorities began to wipe out organized maritime crime areas.
But while not going out of the way, piracy gained the charm of myths, and pirates became unlikely folk heroes. Charles Johnson’s international success General History of Pireto (1724) revealed broad curiosity about the lives of individuals, such as Edward Teach (aka Blackbeard) and Carico Jack (John Rackham).
Johnson’s book was the basis of a long tradition of colorful pirate depictions, including Robert Louis Stevenson Treasure Island And more recently, it has been praised Pirates of the Caribbean series.
About pirates, or more specifically, historical piracy stereotypes – appealing to adults and children, parrots, 8 pieces, and the tools of the accent of the stupid West country remain a staple of flashy parties.
Today we are less likely to associate pirates with large maritime predators in the Red Sea than characters that are attractively offensive in cartoons and pantomimes.
The appeal of pirate mythology is perhaps in its celebrating the personality of swashbuckling as an antidote to settlementism, and its adventures as the opposite of drudgery. Add this to the ideas of the exotic charm and buried treasures of Caribbean islands. Pirates are rethinked as the kind of honorable Robin Hood, and their unattractive aspects tend to be neglected as they share their booty and take away the rich.
Alas, all of this was nonsense, and victims of copyright infringement in the 17th and 18th centuries included not only wealthy people, but also modest sailors, traders and settlers. The pirates had no norms of honor, but were willing to target their brothers and worked as bounty hunters for the authorities.
With a mission to eradicate copyright infringement, Henry Morgan gave up on attacking Spanish ships to become Jamaican slave owners and governor. The majority of Caribbean pirates were born in Europe and tried to make quick fortunes, giving nothing to the region. Their exemplary violence was explained in horrifying detail by Johnson and other historians.
Still, the positive image of pirates continued even in the 19th century, when “the last pirates of the Caribbean” enjoyed a short, eventful career. Certainly, his popularity remains the same, and this may be mostly true. Because unlike previous European Buccaneers, he was a local hero and was born in Puerto Rico, he took away his trade.
vEllie had few pirates reached a peaceful old age, and Roberto Coffresi was no exception. He and many of his crew were executed on March 29, 1825, 200 years ago for firing a squad in front of Fort Elmoro in San Juan Port, Puerto Rico. In a heroic style, he declined the offer of blindfolding and declared rebelliously. fire! “His final words fit the story of a fearless outlaw, whether historically accurate or not.
The world where Coffress was born on June 17, 1791 was very different from the world of pirates in the Golden Age. The Spanish Empire, where treasured galleons were plundered by previous generations of Brigands in Brigands of Brigands in Brigands, France and the Netherlands, was in the decline of terminals, and the newly independent mainland republic was no longer a soft target.
The remaining European-owned colonies were ready to work together to strengthen the Navy’s capabilities and stop copyright infringement. Puerto Rico, along with Cuba and Santo Domingo, was the last trace of the Spanish empire, struggling economically during the period of regional independence.
Coffresy is welcomed as Puerto Rican independence champion and as a benevolent anti-establishment figure
Although the coffresci is a heritage of mixed European aristocracy, he grew up in modest circumstances and was forced to work as a fisherman. Hurricanes, poor harvests and political unrest made the island’s worsen living conditions worse, and he apparently chose to join a criminal gang, and was temporarily imprisoned and fled.
By early 1823, Coffresci had turned to copyright infringement and worked with members of his extended family. The gang was run from Cabo Rojo’s western port, but it was known to use Mona Island, about 43 miles from Puerto Rico as its base and frequently use the Dominican Republic.
The pirate crime companies were small but very busy. It is believed that Coffressi captured and looted about 70 ships in two years, many of which were unarmed trade ships that carried no food and supplies between the Caribbean islands and the mainland.
Warned by Port spies, Coffressi sloop or schooner minifrotira intercepts non-Spanish ships, threatens and kills crews, and steals cash and goods such as coffee, flour and leather. These products were illegally sold through criminal networks, and legends distributed among the poor and poor people.
French and British colonial authorities, as well as US authorities, were furious at the sudden reappearance of the pirate threat, and Manhunt was organized. However, Coffresi was seemingly fearless and used a stolen six-gun sloop to avoid repeated avoided captures. Anne -As his flagship.
No search for Cabo Rojo and surrounding waters occurred until early March 1825, when a combination of Danish and Colombian sailors found Coffresi and was forced to flee on land near Guayama, Puerto Rico, where he was injured and arrested.
Coffresi is said to have provided eight 4,000 bribes to the mayor of Guayama in return for his freedom, fueling the legend of a huge hidden treasure.
The death of Coffresci was the last shortness of systematic copyright infringement in the Caribbean, but it was also another step in the creation of pirate mythology. Today, both Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic contain resorts, beaches and even towns, with a profitable coffres-themed industry that includes towns and even towns, with the charms of buried booty and ghostly illusions.
He is welcomed as a champion of Puerto Rican independence and as a benevolent anti-establishment figure. This has not been carefully scrutinized, but there are no exploits of Jack Sparrow or Captain Pug Wash either. The latter is my favorite pirate!
