Desde el poder y desde los hombres. Elementos para profundizar en las características del corso en el golfo-caribe. Siglo xvi1

Abstract

The phenomenon of piracy is a subject that is still fertile ground for the work of inquiry and historical analysis in the Golfo-Caribe during the Colonial period. Indeed, in this paper we introduce beyond classical or common definition of corsican and corsair. Our goal is to give evidence of the complexity that encompassed both terms in the sixteenth century. On the one hand, we note that letters of marque granted by the French and English crowns were only part of the intervention of royal power in shaping armed corsairs. Furthermore, we identify not only a mosaic of social actors of diverse origins, which joined the ranks of boaters under corsican logo, but also a multiplicity of circumstances and situations that occurred during different cruises in waters of the New World. All this suggests that the Corsican be understood in the relationship between the upper echelons of power and men at sea level.