History of the Buccaneers of America
"As factual and...authentic as anything on the subject could be." — The New Yorker. One of the most comprehensive and accurate accounts of buccaneering, this exciting narrative is the work of an experienced 18th-century sailor who traveled with Captain James Cook before the celebrated mariner was killed in the Sandwich Islands.
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This historical reference focusing on American buccaneers of the 16th to 18th centuries was written by an English sailor who traveled with Captain James Cook on his second and third voyages to the Pacific. First published in 1816 (L. Hansard & Sons, London), the study chronicles selected adventures of American buccaneers whose exploits extended through the Caribbean and beyond. The richly detailed chapters log information on weather, number of crew or soldiers engaged, travel dates, navigational coordinates, and fatalities. This reprint includes an introduction from the 1950 edition (W.W. Norton, NY). Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
1. Considerations on the rights acquired by the discovery of unknown lands, and on the claims advanced by the Spaniards; 2. Review of the Dominion of the Spaniards in Hayti or Hispaniola; 3. Ships of different European nations frequent the West Indies; 4. Iniquitous settlement of the island Saint Christopher by the English and French; 5. Treaty made by the Spaniards with Don Henriquez; 6. Treaty of America. Expedition of the Buccaneers against Panama. Exquemelin's History of the American Sea Rovers. Misconduct of the European governors in the West Indies; 7. Thomas Peche; 8. Meeting of Buccaneers at the Samballas, and Golden Island; 9. Journey of the Buccaneers across the Isthmus of Americ, a; 10. First Buccaneer expedition in the South Sea; 11. Disputes between the French government and their West-India colonies; 12. Circumstances which preceded the second irruption of the Buccaneers into the South Sea; 13. Buccaneers under John Cook arrive at Juan Fernandez; 14. Edward Davis commander. On the coast of New Spain and Peru; 15. Edward Davis, commander. Meeting of the Spanish and Buccaneer fleets in the Bay of Panama; 16. Buccaneers under Edward Davis; 17. Edward Davis, his third visit to the Galapagos; 18. Adventures of Swan and Townley on the coast of New Spain, until their separation; 19. The Cygnet and her crew on the coast of Nueva Galicia, and at the Tres Marias Islands; 20. The Cygnet. Her passage across the Pacific Ocean; 21. The Cygnet departs from Mindanao; 22. The Cygnet. At the Philippines, Celebes, and Timor. On the coast of New Holland. End of the Cygnet; 23. French Buccaneers under François Grogniet and Le Picard, to the death of Grogniet; 24. Retreat of the French Buccaneers across New Spain to the West Indies. All the Buccaneers quit the South Sea; 25. Steps taken towards reducing the Buccaneers and the Flibustiers under subordination to the regular governments; 26. Siege and plunder of the city of Carthagena on the Terra Firma, by an armament from France in conjunction with the Flibustiers of Saint Domingo; 27. Second plunder of Carthagena.
