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The buccaneers of America : a true account of the most remarkable assaults committed of late years upon the coasts of the West Indies by the buccaneers of Jamaica and Tortuga (both English and French) : wherein are contained more especially the unparalleled exploits of Sir Henry Morgan, our English Jamaican hero, who sacked Porto Bello, burnt Panama, etc. / by John Esquemeling, one of the buccaneers who was present at those tragedies.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Exquemelin, A. O. (Alexandre Olivier), author.
- Series:
- Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920.
- Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Buccaneers.
- Pirates.
- Spanish Main.
- West Indies--History.
- West Indies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxxv, 508 pages) : illustrations, portraits, maps.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Swan Sonnenschein and Company ; New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893.
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- "Reprinted from the edition of 1684, to which is added a reprint of the very scarce fourth part, by Basil Ringrose (1865), containing the "Dangerous voyage and bold attempts of Captain Bartholomew Sharp and others." Edited, with an introduction, by Henry Powell."--Verso of title page.
- "Now faithfully rendered into English. With facsimilies of all the original engravings, etc."
- Includes index.
- Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
- OCLC:
- 937017239
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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