Lectures For Lifelong Learners!

Curiously named after the meat-curing process they used to survive, the seventeenth-century buccaneers rose from humble origins as runaways and drifters to become the nightmare of Spanish colonists across the Caribbean. This talk will explore their beginnings as hunters-turned-pirates, their role as instruments of English imperial ambition, and their raids on Spanish towns—including the infamous Sack of Panama in 1671, led by Henry Morgan.