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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 ... especially, the unparallel'd exploits of Sir Henry Morgan, our English Jamaican hero ... / Written originally in Dutch, by John Esquemeling, one of the bucaniers ... and thence translated into Spanish, by Alonso de Bonne-maison ... Now faithfully rendred into English..

Accession number
PML 3431
Creator
Exquemelin, A. O. (Alexandre Olivier)
Published
London: : Printed for William Crooke, at the Green Dragon without Temple-bar., 1684-1685.
Notes
Includes indexes for v. 1 & 2.
Bookseller's advertisement (Books printed for William Crooke this year 1684) final page Pt. 2, v. 1. Bookseller's catalogue (A catalogue of books printed and sold by William Crooke ... 1685) final [7] pages, v. 2.
Vol. 1 is 2nd ed., v. 2 is 1st ed.
Vol 2 has t.p.: 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, Gent. who was all along present at those transactions. London: printed for William Crooke ... 1685.
Vol. 1 originally published in Amsterdam, 1678.
Vol. 1 in 3 separately paginated parts. Vol. 2 with pt. 4.
Errata given verso final page of preface, v. 2.
Description
2 v. in 1, plates (some folded) : ill., maps, plans, ports. ; 25 cm
Provenance
With crest of Joseph Gulston; Toovey collection.
Binding
Russet, with crest of Joseph Gulston; in brown paper case of Duprez-Lahey, 1938.
Classification
Department