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Bucaniers of America, or, A true account of the most remarkable assalts committed of late years upon the coasts of the West-Indies, by the bucaniers of Jamaica and Tortuga, both English and French : wherein are contained more especially, the unparallel'd exploits of Sir Henry Morgan, our English Jamaican hero who sack'd Puerto Velo, burnt Panama, &c. / written originally in Dutch, by John Esquemeling ... and thence translated into Spanish, by Alonso de Bonee-Maison ... ; now faithfully rendred into English.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Exquemelin, A. O. (Alexandre Olivier)
- Standardized Title:
- Amerikaanse zeerovers. English
- Language:
- Dutch
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Morgan, Henry, 1635?-1688.
- Morgan, Henry.
- L'Olonnais, 1630-1671.
- L'Olonnais.
- Sharpe, Bartholomew, active 1679-1682.
- Sharpe, Bartholomew.
- Buccaneers--Early works to 1800.
- Buccaneers.
- Pirates--Caribbean Area--History--17th century.
- Pirates.
- History.
- Spanish Main.
- West Indies--History.
- West Indies.
- Caribbean Area.
- Penn Provenance:
- Dechert, Robert (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes : illustrations, 4 plates (part folded), 4 portraits, 3 folded maps. ; 23 cm (4to)
- Other Title:
- Bucaniers of America
- True account of the most remarkable assalts committed of late years upon the coasts of the West-Indies by the bucaniers of Jamaica and Tortuga
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for William Crooke, at the Green Dragon without Temple-bar, 1684-1685.
- Notes:
- Translation into English of: Americaensche zee-roovers.
- Described in the Church catalogue, v.4, no. 689.
- Vol. 2 has title: ... The dangerous voyage and bold attempts of Captain Bartholomew Sharp, and others; performed upon the coasts of the South Sea, for the space of two years ... Written by Mr. Basil Ringrose ...
- Volume two, published by Crooke as a sequel to Bucaniers of America, includes an apology from Crooke to statements made in the previous work which Capt. Henry Morgan considered libellous and for which Morgan had obtained a legal judgment.
- Local Notes:
- Dechert copy 2 bound in 1 vol.
- Copy 2 has booksellers' descriptions and newspaper clippings pasted to front free endpapers.
- Cited in:
- Wing (2nd ed.) E3894
- Wing E-3897
- Sabin, 23479
- Church, E.D. Discovery, 689
- ESTC R21525 (v.1), R20999 (v.2)
- OCLC:
- 13196340
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