Author: EXQUEMELIN, A. O. Title: The Buccaneers Of America: 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. O. Exquemelin who himself, of necessity, was present at all these acts of plunder. Translated by Alexis brown with an Introduction by Jack Beeching.
Description: First Folio Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. 194; endpaper maps, frontispiece portrait of "Francois Lolonois", 2 text maps, 9 b/w. illustrations two of which are double page, bound in original quarter blue leather with papered boards, title lettered in silver on spine, boards decorated with a design by John Westwood, housed in original card slipcase, very good copy. London; The Folio Society; 1972.
Keywords: maritime piracy americas history
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- Book number: 120745