Rescates

Rescates were maritime smugglers in the sixteenth-century Spanish Caribbean. The term is derived from the Spanish verb rescatar, "to ransom" or "to rescue."

References

* Andrews, Kenneth R. "The Spanish Caribbean: Trade and Plunder, 1530-1630". New Haven: Yale University Press, 1978.
* Wright, Irene A. ¨Rescates: With Special Reference to Cuba, 1599-1610.¨ "Hispanic American Historical Review", Vol. 3, No. 3 (Aug., 1920), 333-361.