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After Columbus’s first footfall in the New World, Cuba fell prey to every manner of European freebooter.
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Jon Lee Anderson, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
There is widespread, cross-partisan public support for finally clamping down on these corporate freebooters.
—Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 23 Feb. 2023
In April, 1492, buoyed by the seizure of Granada, Ferdinand and Isabella agreed to sponsor the Italian freebooter Christopher Columbus on his initial expedition across the Atlantic.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2021
Mr. Bugaev is a dedicated, if largely sedentary, Cossack, a centuries-old fraternity of Slavic warriors, freebooters and freedom-loving rebels.
—Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 14 July 2016
The window of opportunity for freebooters to loom large has closed.
—Steve Kettmann, WIRED, 2 Nov. 2000
Jon Lee Anderson, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
There is widespread, cross-partisan public support for finally clamping down on these corporate freebooters.
—Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 23 Feb. 2023
In April, 1492, buoyed by the seizure of Granada, Ferdinand and Isabella agreed to sponsor the Italian freebooter Christopher Columbus on his initial expedition across the Atlantic.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2021
Mr. Bugaev is a dedicated, if largely sedentary, Cossack, a centuries-old fraternity of Slavic warriors, freebooters and freedom-loving rebels.
—Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 14 July 2016
The window of opportunity for freebooters to loom large has closed.
—Steve Kettmann, WIRED, 2 Nov. 2000
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