buccaneer

…Because there was a large amount of Spanish territory in the Caribbean, Spanish ships were the prey of privateers from England, France, the Netherlands, and other countries. However, soon privateering was no longer permitted in the Caribbean, and sailors and soldiers who lost their jobs settled in the West Indies and became buccaneers (meaning people who smoke meat) who made a living by catching wild animals, skinning them, and smoking their meat. Buccaneers were originally a profession of Spanish Indians, but because of persecution by the Spanish, they were forced to become pirates, and the term buccaneer became the title for pirates. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…カリブ海一帯にはスペインの領土が多かったので，もっぱらスペイン船がイギリス，フランス，オランダなどの私掠船のえじきとなった。しかし，まもなくカリブ海でも私掠船が認められなくなり，職を失った船員や軍人はそのまま西インド諸島に住み着き，野獣を捕らえて皮を剝（は）ぎ，その肉を薫製にして生計を立てる〈バカニアbuccaneer(〈肉を薫製にする人〉の意)〉となった。バカニアは本来スペイン領インディアンの職業であったが，スペイン人に迫害されたため余儀なく海賊に転じ，バカニアが海賊の称となった。…

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