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The history of the bucaneers of America containing detailed accounts of those bold and daring freebooters, chiefly along the Spanish Main, in the West Indies, and in the great South Sea, suceeding the civil wars in England

Title
The history of the bucaneers of America [electronic resource] : containing detailed accounts of those bold and daring freebooters, chiefly along the Spanish Main, in the West Indies, and in the great South Sea, suceeding the civil wars in England / [by A.O. Exquemelin ; translated from the Dutch ; also the journal of Sieur Raveneau de Lussan, translated from the French, and a relation by Sieur de Montauban, translated from the French]
Author
Exquemelin, A. O. (Alexandre Olivier)
Publication
Boston : Benjamin B. Mussey & Co,, 1853, c1851.

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Additional Authors
  • Raveneau de Lussan, Sieur
  • Montauban, Sieur de, approximately 1650-1700.
  • Perkins, Oliver L.
Description
484 p., [2] leaves of plates (some fold.) : ill., fold. map, ports.
Uniform Title
Amerikaanse zeerovers. English
Alternative Title
Amerikaanse zeerovers.
Subject
  • Morgan, Henry, 1635?-1688 > Early works to 1800
  • L'Olonnais, 1630-1671 > Early works to 1800
  • Sharpe, Bartholomew, active 1679-1682 > Early works to 1800
  • Buccaneers > Early works to 1800
  • Pirates > Early works to 1800
  • Adventure and adventurers > Early works to 1800
  • Black people > West Indies > Early works to 1800
  • Spanish Main > Early works to 1800
  • West Indies > History > 17th century > Early works to 1800
Note
  • The original work of Exquemelin, "De americaensche zee-roovers" (Amsterdam, 1678), was translated into Spanish in 1681 and thence by an anonymous translator into English (London, W. Crooke, 1684)
  • Includes the pref. to the 1699 ed.
  • Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.
  • Sabin no. 23494.
Indexed In (note)
  • RLIN
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
CTRG03-B1163
Author
Exquemelin, A. O. (Alexandre Olivier)
Title
The history of the bucaneers of America [electronic resource] : containing detailed accounts of those bold and daring freebooters, chiefly along the Spanish Main, in the West Indies, and in the great South Sea, suceeding the civil wars in England / [by A.O. Exquemelin ; translated from the Dutch ; also the journal of Sieur Raveneau de Lussan, translated from the French, and a relation by Sieur de Montauban, translated from the French]
Imprint
Boston : Benjamin B. Mussey & Co,, 1853, c1851.
Edition
New ed. / with some introductory notices of piracies on the coast of New England to the year 1724.
Indexed In:
RLIN, CTRG03-B1163
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Local Note
Library's copy imperfect: bleed-through of text; some stained pages.
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Added Author
Raveneau de Lussan, Sieur. Journal du voyage fait à la mer du Sud avec les filibustiers de l'Amérique en 1684 et années suivantes. English.
Montauban, Sieur de, approximately 1650-1700. Relation du voyage du Sieur de Montauban, capitaine des filibustiers, en Guinée en l'année 1695. English.
Perkins, Oliver L.
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