Brethren of the Coast

Brethren of the Coast

A self-given title of the Caribbean buccaneers, between 1640-1680, who made a pact to discontinue plundering amongst themselves. After 1680, a new generation of pirates appeared who did not trust each other and the fraternity ended.

"Haunts of the 'Brethren of the Coast'", a map of the time reproduced in "Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts" (1897)