Empire of Blue Water
“Arquebus: A heavy, notoriously inaccurate matchlock gun that first came into use during the fifteenth century. Also spelled harquebus.
Ball: A bullet.
Boucan: The tangy smoked meat produced and traded by the buccaneers of Hispaniola.
Buccaneer: A pirate, especially one who operated against Spanish shipping and settlements in the West Indies during the seventeenth century.
Castellan: The military officer in charge of a castle or fort.
Colors: A flag.
Commission: Also know...n as a letter of marque, this was a document authorizing a private citizen to wage war on a nation’s enemy.
Corsaro: A pirate.
Doubloon: A gold coin used in Spain and Spanish America.
Galleon: A large three-or four-masted sailing ship used from the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries, especially by Spain, as a war and treasure ship.MoreLess
Ball: A bullet.
Boucan: The tangy smoked meat produced and traded by the buccaneers of Hispaniola.
Buccaneer: A pirate, especially one who operated against Spanish shipping and settlements in the West Indies during the seventeenth century.
Castellan: The military officer in charge of a castle or fort.
Colors: A flag.
Commission: Also know...n as a letter of marque, this was a document authorizing a private citizen to wage war on a nation’s enemy.
Corsaro: A pirate.
Doubloon: A gold coin used in Spain and Spanish America.
Galleon: A large three-or four-masted sailing ship used from the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries, especially by Spain, as a war and treasure ship.MoreLess
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