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Histoire des avanturiers qui se sont signalez dans les Indes : contenant ce qu'ils ont fait de plus remarquable depuis vingt années : avec la vie, les moeurs, les coûtumes des habitans de Saint Domingue & de la Tortuë, & une description exacte de ces lieux / par Alexandre Olivier Oexmelin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Exquemelin, A. O. (Alexandre Olivier)
- Series:
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
- Standardized Title:
- Amerikaanse zeerovers. French
- Language:
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Buccaneers--Early works to 1800.
- Buccaneers.
- Pirates--Caribbean Area--History--17th century--Early works to 1800.
- Pirates.
- Black people--West Indies--Early works to 1800.
- Black people.
- Spanish Main--Early works to 1800.
- Spanish Main.
- Caribbean Area--Social life and customs--Early works to 1800.
- Caribbean Area.
- West Indies--History--17th century--Early works to 1800.
- West Indies.
- Morgan, Henry, 1635?-1688--Early works to 1800.
- Morgan, Henry.
- L'Olonnais, 1630-1671--Early works to 1800.
- L'Olonnais.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (2 v. ) ill., folded maps ;
- Other Title:
- Histoire des avanturiers qui se sont signalez dans les Indes
- Place of Publication:
- Paris : Chez Jacques Le Febure, 1688.
- Notes:
- Translation of: Piratas de la America, which is itself a translation of: De Americaensche zee-roovers, first published in Amsterdam in 1678.
- "[O]ù l'on voit l'établissement d'une chambre des comptes dans les Indes, & un etat, tiré de cette chambre, des offices tant ecclesiastiques, que seculiers, où le roy d'Espagne pourvoit, les revenus qu'il tire de l'Amerique, & ce que les plus grands princes de l'Europe y possedent."
- The dedicatory letter is signed by the translator, de Frontignières, who while utilizing the Spanish version by Bonne-Maison practically rewrote the work.--Cf. NUC pre-1956.
- Includes numerous errors in pagination.
- Includes indexes.
- Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.
- Sabin no. 23476.
- Cited in:
- RLIN, CTRG03-B1019
- OCLC:
- 85798971
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