02989nam 2200445Ia 450 99639424710331620221108091315.0(CKB)3450000000101784(EEBO)2240991639(OCoLC)12294016(EXLCZ)99345000000010178419850723d1684 uy |engurbn||||a|bb|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[electronic resource] 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, M.D. &cThe second edition, corrected and inlarged with two additional relations, viz. the one of Captain Cook, and the other of Captain Sharpe ; now faithfully rendred into English.London Printed for William Crooke ...16843 pts. ([13], 47, [1]; 80; 84, [12] p., 9 leaves of plates (3 folded)) ill., maps, portsIndex: p. [1]-[12] at end.Original Dutch title: Americaensche zee-roovers.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." Cf. NUC pre-1956, v. 164, p. 632.Translation of Americaensche zee-roovers.Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.eebo-0113BuccaneersPiratesSpanish MainWest IndiesHistory17th centuryBuccaneers.Pirates.Exquemelin A. O(Alexandre Olivier).816871Bonne-Maison Alonso de1013326EAAEAAm/cWaOLNBOOK996394247103316Bucaniers 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 French2356090UNISA