The 'buccaneers' came ashore in search of bacon. The Cuban Indians had learnt {from the natives of Haiti} a process of preserving meat by drying it and then smoking it over a fire of green leaves and branches. The Indians called the rack on which the meat was laid out a boucan or buccan {bacon}, while those who prepared and sold the meet were referred to as buccaneers.
( Richard Gott )
[ Cuba: A New History ]
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