Item #2286214 The Buccaneers of America: A True Account of the Most Remarkable Assaults Committed of Late Years upon the Coasts of the West Indies by the Buccaneers of Jamaica and Tortuga (Both English and French), Wherein are contained more especially the Unparalleled Exploits of Sir Henry Morgan, our English Jamaican Hero, who sacked Porto Bello, burnt Panama, etc., Now Faithfully Rendered into English, with Facsimiles of the Original Engravings. John Esquemeling, Henry Powell.
The Buccaneers of America: A True Account of the Most Remarkable Assaults Committed of Late Years upon the Coasts of the West Indies by the Buccaneers of Jamaica and Tortuga (Both English and French), Wherein are contained more especially the Unparalleled Exploits of Sir Henry Morgan, our English Jamaican Hero, who sacked Porto Bello, burnt Panama, etc., Now Faithfully Rendered into English, with Facsimiles of the Original Engravings.
The Buccaneers of America: A True Account of the Most Remarkable Assaults Committed of Late Years upon the Coasts of the West Indies by the Buccaneers of Jamaica and Tortuga (Both English and French), Wherein are contained more especially the Unparalleled Exploits of Sir Henry Morgan, our English Jamaican Hero, who sacked Porto Bello, burnt Panama, etc., Now Faithfully Rendered into English, with Facsimiles of the Original Engravings.

The Buccaneers of America: A True Account of the Most Remarkable Assaults Committed of Late Years upon the Coasts of the West Indies by the Buccaneers of Jamaica and Tortuga (Both English and French), Wherein are contained more especially the Unparalleled Exploits of Sir Henry Morgan, our English Jamaican Hero, who sacked Porto Bello, burnt Panama, etc., Now Faithfully Rendered into English, with Facsimiles of the Original Engravings.

London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1893. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #2286214

First thus. Spine and edges faded, minor loss from spine head and foot, front and end matter foxed.

xxxv, [1], 508 pp. 8vo. A history of pirate and buccaneer activity in the Caribbean and Bahamas. Reprinted from the edition of 1684, to which is added a reprint of the very scarce fourth part, by Basil Ringrose (1685), containing the 'Dangerous Voyage and Bold Attempts of Captain Bartholomew Sharp and Others', edited, with an introduction, by Henry Powell. Engraved frontispiece of Henry Morgan, six engraved plates in text (including an excellent panoramic view of the destruction of the Spanish Armada), and a fold-out map.

Price: $225.00

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