Kris Lane

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Kris Lane is a professor of Latin American History at the College of William and Mary in Virginia. Author of Pillaging the Empire: Piracy in the Americas 1500-1750 which was published in Britain under the title Blood and Silver." He also wrote the book Quito 1599. Professor Lane has also done a great deal of scholarship on mining in the Spanish colonies and has travelled extensively in South and Central America.

He is well known for his sense of humor and trademark vest/cowboy boots.