Why were they pirates, corsairs, buccaneers, filibusters?

Why? What were they looking for at the cost of risking their lives? This is how the Europeans who arrived in the Caribbean saw it, in an idyllic way. The climate and the great extensions of virgin land, for them it was a paradise. The New World was their paradise on earth. Pirates, Corsairs, Buccaneers, … Continue reading Why were they pirates, corsairs, buccaneers, filibusters?