What is the difference between a Pirate and a Buccaneer and how did the words originate?
There isn’t much difference between a Pirate and a Buccaneer in theory. There was once a distinction, a much clearer one than we draw these days. There were three types of men we commonly call pirates: privateers, buccaneers, and genuine pirates. Pirates were first on the scene toward the end of the 14th century. They were usual
