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The Buccaneers of America by A O Exquemelin

“The Buccaneers of America” is a remarkable eyewitness account by Alexander Exquemelin, first published in 1678.

Comprising a pertinent and truthful description of the principal acts of depredation and inhuman cruelty committed by the English and French buccaneers against the Spaniards in America. Written by a man who himself, of necessity, was present at all these acts of plunder. Translated by Alexis Brown.

Buccaneers were a cross between genuine privateers, commissioned to defend a country’s colonies and trade, and outright pirates.
Typically English, French, and Dutch adventurers, the buccaneers plied the waters among the Caribbean islands, and along the coasts of Central America, Venezuela, and Colombia more than 300 years ago.

Alexander Exquemelin, thought to be a French surgeon who enlisted with the buccaneers for a time, chronicles the bold feats of these raiders as they disrupted shipping on the high seas and terrorized Caribbean settlements. Exquemelin provides fascinating details of the French presence in Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic), describes the features of that country and its inhabitants, and comments at length on the origin of the buccaneers, vividly recounting their rules of conduct and way of life. These bold plunderers come across as shrewd strategists, crack shots, fine navigators, wild debauchers, and greedy adventurers who frequently engaged in vicious acts of cruelty.

Features;

• Folio Society First Impression No. 309
• Publisher Folio Society, London; 1972
• Quarter Blue Leather Hardback, 194 pp
• Contemporary portraits and etchings plus maps
• Size 250 x 160mm, 950g

Condition: Near Fine – Very Slight Edgewear to Spine, No Inscriptions, Very Good Copy

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