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.

Author/creator Exquemelin, A. O.
Other author Ringrose, Basil, d. 1686.
Other author Bonne-Maison, Alonso de.
Format Electronic
EditionThe 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.
Publication InfoLondon : Printed for W. Crooke, 1684-1685.
Description2 v. in 1 : ill., maps, ports. ; 22 cm.
Supplemental ContentGale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Subjects

Uniform titleAmerikaanse zeerovers. English
Portion of title 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
SeriesSabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED
Local noteTravel.
Local note2011AC44100.
General noteVol. 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.
General noteFirst English translation. The original Dutch "De Americaensche zeeroovers" was published at Amsterdam, 1678.
General noteThe 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."
General noteVol. 1: [10], 47 [i.e. 55], 80, 84, [12] p.; v.2.: [15], 212 [i.e. 216], [24] p.
General notePagination 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.
General note"Catalogue of books printed and sold by William Crooke": p. [18]-[24] at end.
General noteIncludes indexes.
General noteReproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
General noteSabin no. 23481.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2011. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.