buccaneer

corsair

Pirate or pirate ship

• privateerAuthorized civilian warship
• freebooterMaritime plunderer seeking booty
• swashbucklerDaring, flamboyant swordsman

sea rover · picaroon · sea dog · marauder · plunderer · raider · Jolly Roger · skull and crossbones · cutlass · rapscallion

Port Royal

Drowned Caribbean pirate capital

• NassauBahamian seat of government
• JamaicaCaribbean island nation
• HispaniolaCaribbean island, two countries

Spanish Main · Maracaibo · Havana · Cartagena · Blackbeard · Henry Morgan · Barbados · Cayman Islands · Gulf of Mexico · Caribbean Sea

doubloons

Historical Spanish gold currency

• pieces of eightOld Spanish coinage
• goldElement seventy-nine
• silverLustrous white precious metal

jewels · chest · booty · hoard · plunder · loot · buried treasure · treasure map · gemstones · ingots

plunder

Goods seized violently

• pillageViolent theft of goods
• lootStolen valuables
• sackRough fabric bag

maraud · ambush · foray · incursion · boarding · ransom · depredation · ravage · conquest · capture

captain

One who commands

• quartermasterOfficer managing military supplies
• boatswainShip's deck petty officer
• navigatorRoute-directing crew member

helmsman · lookout · gunner · sailmaker · carpenter · cabin boy · first mate · shipmate · crewman · swab

galleon

Large historical sailing ship

• mastVessel's sail support
• deckShip's flat surface
• riggingRopes controlling ship sails

helm · keel · bow · stern · anchor · sail · cannon · gunwale · crow's nest · poop deck

• Piratespirate, corsair, corsairs, privateers, eyepatch
• Caribbean Piracypirate, privateer, corsair, Port Royal, Spanish Main
• daredevilsbase jumper, stuntwoman, stuntman, cliff diver, stunt driver
• Outlawsoutlaw, bandit, desperado, highwayman, robber
• pirate talkahoy, arr, argh, aye, aye aye
• Plundererslooter, marauder, pillager, plunderer, raider