Bucaniers of America, or, A true account of the most remarkable assaults 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, one of the bucaniers, who was present at those tragedies ; and translated into Spanish by Alonso de Bonne-Maison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Exquemelin, A. O. (Alexandre Olivier)

Contributor:

Ringrose, Basil, d. 1686.

Bonne-Maison, Alonso de.

Series:

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926

Standardized Title:

Amerikaanse zeerovers. English

Language:

Dutch

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Buccaneers--Early works to 1800.

Buccaneers.

Pirates--Early works to 1800.

Pirates.

Spanish Main--Early works to 1800.

Spanish Main.

West Indies--History--Early works to 1800.

West Indies.

Morgan, Henry, 1635?-1688--Early works to 1800.

Morgan, Henry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2 v. in 1 ) ill., maps, ports. ;

Edition:

The 2nd ed., corrected, and inlarged / with two additional relations, viz. the one of Captain Cook, and the other of Captain Sharp, now faithfully rendred into English.

Other Title:

Bucaniers of America, or, A true account of the most remarkable assaults committed of late years upon the coasts of the West-Indies by the bucaniers of Jamaica and Tortuga, both English and French

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for W. Crooke, 1684-1685.

Notes:

Vol. 2 has title: Bucaniers of America. The second volume : containing 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, &c. From the original journal of the said voyage / written by Mr. Basil Ringrose. London, 1685.

First English translation. The original Dutch "De Americaensche zeeroovers" was published at Amsterdam, 1678.

The 1st edition, 1684, antedates v. 1 of the 2d edition by only three months. In the "advertisement to the reader, concerning this second edition" the publisher states that he has compressed the matter into less space by the use of smaller characters and closer typesetting, and has added "some relations which have been imparted ... from good and authentick hands; wherein are contained several other bold exploits ... performed of late years by the same Bucaniers ... especially since the time that the author ... published his book in Holland. These are comprehended in two or three chapters at the latter end of this second edition, and do chiefly relate unto the adventures of Captain Cook in the year 1678, and ... of Captain Sharp and others."

Vol. 1: [10], 47 [i.e. 55], 80, 84, [12] p.; v.2.: [15], 212 [i.e. 216], [24] p.

Pagination irregular: v. 1, p. 50, 51, 54, and 55 misnumbered 42, 43, 46, and 47 respectively; v. 2, p. 140 numbered 144, p. 144-216 numbered 140-212.

"Catalogue of books printed and sold by William Crooke": p. [18]-[24] at end.

Includes indexes.

Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.

Sabin no. 23481.

OCLC:

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