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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 thence translated into Spanish by Alonso de Bonne-Maison ... Now faithfully rendered into English.

Accession number
PML 64706
Creator
Exquemelin, Alexander Oliver.
Published
London : Printed for William Crooke, 1684.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. W. Houston Kenyon, Jr., 1974.
Notes
"The translator to the reader [anon]": 5 p. l.
First English translation. The original Dutch "De Americaensche zeeroovers" was published at Amsterdam, 1678.
First edition in English.
Description
3 pt. in 1 v. : illus., pl., port., map. ; 24 cm
Provenance
Bookplates of William Constable, Esq. (armorial); Ray Brown; and George Bentham (red leather).
Binding
Dark brown calf, in quarter red morocco case.
Classification
Department