True Caribbean Pirates

True Caribbean Pirates is a documentary which aired on The History Channel in 2006.

True Caribbean Pirates captures the events and tales of piracy that were said to take place in the Caribbean during the time when Christopher Columbus made his landing in the West Indies during 1492. Within this time, the land of the Caribbean had attracted the attention of many but was dominated by Spain as they mined plenty of riches and gold out of the region. This drew attention to the land and disruptions arose creating chaos in the new world. Regions such as Holland, England and France all began to send privateers into the land so they could to establish a presence.In the days of pirates and treasures, privateering was used to fight battles and disrupt the Spanish without having to pay for real navy within the Caribbean. Privateers were known to disrupt commerce and take part in the disruption of the enemies warships to protect trade against raiders. ........

Source: Wikipedia