1. PIRACY AND INDIANS IN THE NEW WORLD
Columbus dubbed these and other peoples of the New World Indians', and unlike their North American counterparts (which are now more fairly and politically correct referred to as Native Americans) we still call them indigenous people. ... The second book analyzed for this comparative essay is Pillaging the Empire: Piracy in the Americas 1500-1750. ... The pirates were mainly runaway men that included criminals, refugees and escaped slaves who saw no point in returning to their native lands. ... Fray Pané's accounts were mainly of the religious traditions and customs of the TaĆ...
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