![]() ![]() The meat they caught was smoked over a slow fire in little huts the French called boucans to make viande boucanée – jerked meat or jerky – which they sold to the corsairs who preyed on the (largely Spanish) shipping and settlements of the Caribbean. Originally the name applied to the landless hunters of wild boars and cattle in the largely uninhabited areas of Tortuga and Hispaniola. First established on northern Hispaniola as early as 1625, their heyday was from the Restoration in 1660 until about 1688, during a time when governments were not strong enough and did not consistently attempt to suppress them. īuccaneers were a kind of privateers or free sailors particular to the Caribbean Sea during the 17th and 18th centuries. "Buccaneer of the Caribbean" from Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates. ( January 2018) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) ![]() Please help improve it by removing references to unreliable sources where they are used inappropriately. This article may contain excessive or inappropriate references to self-published sources.
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