Category: Adventure

Captain William Kidd and Others of the Buccaneers

Renown of Captain Kidd.--Wild Legends.--Demands of Spain.--Opposition of the Maritime Powers.--The Rise of the Buccaneers.--The Pirates’ Code.--Remonstrance of Spain.--Reply of France and England.--Confession of a Buccaneer.--Adventures of Peter the Great. 9

Chapters

26. CHAPTER III.

Audacity of Kidd.--Fate of the November.--Kidd kills William Moore.--The Renowned Ballad.--Kidd’s Compunctions.--Kidd at Madagascar.--Piratic Carousals.--The Artificial Hell.--K...

27. CHAPTER IV

Appalling Tidings.--Trip to Curacoa.--Disposal of the Quedagh Merchant.--Purchase of the Antonio.--Trembling Approach toward New York.--Measures for the Arrest of Kidd.--He ente...

25. CHAPTER II.

Ravages of the Pirates.--The King’s Interview with Earl Bellomont.--William Kidd, the New-York Merchant.--His Commission.--Sailing of the Adventure.--Recruiting in New York.--Ci...

37. CHAPTER XIV.

His Origin.--Goes to the West Indies.--Joins the Buccaneers.--Meets Mansvelt the Pirate.--Conquest of St. Catharine.--Piratic Colony there.--Ravaging the Coast of Costa Rica.--S...

24. CHAPTER I.

Renown of Captain Kidd.--Wild Legends.--Demands of Spain.--Opposition of the Maritime Powers.--The Rise of the Buccaneers.--The Pirates’ Code.--Remonstrance of Spain.--Reply of...

32. CHAPTER IX

Early Life of Lolonois.--His Desperate Character.--Joins the Buccaneers.--His Fiend-like Cruelty.--The Desperadoes Rally around Him.--Equips a Fleet.--Captures Rich Prizes.--Pla...

40. CHAPTER XVII.

Preparations for the Defence of Gibraltar.--The Hidden Ships.--The Hiding-place of the Governor and the Women.--Disasters and Failure.--Capture of the Spanish Ships.--The Retrea...

33. CHAPTER X.

Gibraltar in Ashes.--The Return to Maracaibo.--Division of the Plunder.--Peculiar Scene.--Reception of the Pirates at Tortuga.--Fiend-like Carousal.--The Pirates Reduced to Begg...

43. CHAPTER XX.

Preparations to Ascend the River.--Crowding of the Boats.--The Bivouac at Bracos.--Sufferings from Hunger.--The Pathless Route.--The Boats Abandoned.--Light Canoes Employed.--Ab...

34. CHAPTER XI.

The Pirates’ Perfidy.--Capture of a Spanish Ship.--Misery of the Pirates.--Desertion of Vauclin.--The Shipwreck.--Life upon the Island.--Expedition to Nicaragua.--Its utter Fail...

46. CHAPTER XXIII.

Partial Solution of a Mystery.--Montbar’s Birth.--His Education and Delusions.--Anecdote of the Dramatic Performance.--Montbar Runs Away from Home.--Enters the Navy.--His Feroci...

29. CHAPTER VI.

Seizure of the Protestant Cæsar.--The Piratic Squadron.--Villany of the Buccaneers.--The Atrocities of Blackbeard.--Illustrative Anecdotes.--Carousals on Shore.--Alleged Complic...

41. CHAPTER XVIII.

The Threat to Espinosa.--Adroit Stratagem.--Wonderful Escape.--The Storm.--Revelry at Jamaica.--History of Hispaniola.--Plan of a New Expedition.--The Foraging Ships.--Morgan’s...

30. CHAPTER VII.

Bonnet’s Abandonment by Blackbeard.--Avails Himself of the King’s Pardon.--Takes Commission as a Privateer.--Rescues Blackbeard’s Pirates.--Piratic Career.--Enters Cape Fear Riv...

44. CHAPTER XXI.

First Sight of the City.--The Spanish Scouts Appear.--Morgan’s Advance.--Character of the Country.--Fears of the Spaniards.--Removal of Treasure.--Capture of the City.--The Pois...

38. CHAPTER XV.

The Torture.--Sickness and Misery.--Measures of the Governor of Panama.--The Ambuscade.--Awful Defeat of the Spaniards.--Ferocity of the Pirates.--Strange Correspondence.--Excha...

42. CHAPTER XIX.

The Defences at St. Catherine.--Morgan’s Strategy.--The Midnight Storm.--Deplorable Condition of the Pirates.--The Summons to Surrender.--Disgraceful Conduct of the Spanish Comm...

39. CHAPTER XVI.

The Delay at Ocoa.--Hunting Excursions.--The Repulse.--Cities of Venezuela.--The Plan of Morgan.--Suggestions of Pierre Picard.--Sailing of the Expedition.--They Touch at Oruba....

35. CHAPTER XII.

Testimony of Charles Johnson.--Marriage of Mary Read’s Mother.--Singular Adventure.--Reasons for Disguising her Daughter.--Early Training of Mary as a Boy.--She Enlists on board...

28. CHAPTER V.

The Guilt of Kidd.--Rumors of Buried Treasure.--Mesmeric Revelation.--Adventures of Bradish.--Strange Character of Major Bonnet.--His Piracies.--Encounters.--Indications of Insa...

31. CHAPTER VIII.

Commencement of his Career.--Bold Capture.--Brutality of the Pirates.--Reverses and Captivity.--Barthelemy doomed to Die.--His Escape.--Sufferings in the Forest.--Reaches Gulf T...

36. CHAPTER XIII.

Rackam the Pirate.--Anne Bonny his Wife.--Reasons for Assuming a Boy’s Dress.--Infamous Character of Rackam.--Anne falls in Love with Mary.--Curious Complications.--The Duel.--C...

45. CHAPTER XXII.

Return of the Explorers.--The Beautiful Captive.--Sympathy in her behalf.--Embarrassments of Morgan.--Inflexible Virtue of the Captive.--The Conspiracy.--Efficiency of Morgan.--...

14. CHAPTER XIV.

His Origin.--Goes to the West Indies.--Joins the Buccaneers.--Meets Mansvelt the Pirate.--Conquest of St. Catharine.--Piratic Colony there.--Ravaging the Coast of Costa Rica.--S...

15. CHAPTER XV.

The Torture.--Sickness and Misery.--Measures of the Governor of Panama.--The Ambuscade.--Awful Defeat of the Spaniards.--Ferocity of the Pirates.--Strange Correspondence.--Excha...

20. CHAPTER XX.

Preparations to Ascend the River.--Crowding of the Boats.--The Bivouac at Bracos.--Sufferings from Hunger.--The Pathless Route.--The Boats Abandoned.--Light Canoes Employed.--Ab...

12. CHAPTER XII.

Testimony of Charles Johnson.--Marriage of Mary Read’s Mother.--Singular Adventure.--Reasons for Disguising her Daughter.--Early Training of Mary as a Boy.--She Enlists on board...

17. CHAPTER XVII.

Preparations for the Defence of Gibraltar.--The Hidden Ships.--The Hiding-place of the Governor and the Women.--Disaster and Failure.--Capture of the Spanish Ships.--The Retreat...

4. CHAPTER IV.

Appalling Tidings.--Trip to Curacoa.--Disposal of the Quedagh Merchant.--Purchase of the Antonio.--Trembling Approach toward New York.--Measures for the Arrest of Kidd.--He ente...

6. CHAPTER VI.

Seizure of the Protestant Cæsar.--The Piratic Squadron.--Villany of the Buccaneers.--The Atrocities of Blackbeard.--Illustrative Anecdotes.--Carousals on Shore.--Alleged Complic...

2. CHAPTER II.

Ravages of the Pirates.--The King’s Interview with Earl Bellomont.--William Kidd, the New-York Merchant.--His Commission.--Sailing of the Adventure.--Recruiting in New York.--Ci...

11. CHAPTER XI.

The Pirates’ Perfidy.--Capture of a Spanish Ship.--Misery of the Pirates.--Desertion of Vauclin.--The Shipwreck.--Life upon the Island.--Expedition to Nicaragua.--Its utter Fail...

13. CHAPTER XIII.

Rackam the Pirate.--Anne Bonny his Wife.--Her Reasons for Assuming a Boy’s Dress.--Infamous Character of Rackam.--Anne falls in Love with Mary.--Curious Complications.--The Duel...

21. CHAPTER XXI.

First Sight of the City.--The Spanish Scouts Appear.--Morgan’s Advance.--Character of the Country.--Fears of the Spaniards.--Removal of Treasure.--Capture of the City.--The Pois...

10. CHAPTER X.

Gibraltar in Ashes.--The Return to Maracaibo.--Division of the Plunder.--Peculiar Scene.--Reception of the Pirates at Tortuga.--Fiend-like Carousal.--The Pirates Reduced to Begg...

18. CHAPTER XVIII.

The Threat to Espinosa.--Adroit Stratagem.--Wonderful Escape.--The Storm.--Revelry at Jamaica.--History of Hispaniola.--Plan of a New Expedition.--The Foraging Ships.--Morgan’s...

7. CHAPTER VII.

Bonnet’s Abandonment by Blackbeard.--Avails Himself of the King’s Pardon.--Takes Commission as a Privateer.--Rescues Blackbeard’s Pirates.--Piratic Career.--Enters Cape Fear Riv...

16. CHAPTER XVI.

The Delay at Ocoa.--Hunting Excursions.--The Repulse.--Cities of Venezuela.--The Plan of Morgan.--Suggestions of Pierre Picard.--Sailing of the Expedition.--They Touch at Oruba....

23. CHAPTER XXIII.

Partial Solution of a Mystery.--Montbar’s Birth.--His Education and Delusions.--Anecdote of the Dramatic Performance.--Montbar Runs Away from Home.--Enters the Navy.--His Feroci...

9. CHAPTER IX.

Early Life of Lolonois.--His Desperate Character.--Joins the Buccaneers.--His Fiend-like Cruelty.--The Desperadoes Rally around Him.--Equips a Fleet.--Captures Rich Prizes.--Pla...

8. CHAPTER VIII.

Commencement of his Career.--Bold Capture.--Brutality of the Pirates.--Reverses and Captivity.--Barthelemy doomed to Die.--His Escape.--Sufferings in the Forest.--Reaches Gulf T...

19. CHAPTER XIX.

The Defences at St. Catherine.--Morgan’s Strategy.--The Midnight Storm.--Deplorable Condition of the Pirates.--The Summons to Surrender.--Disgraceful Conduct of the Spanish Comm...

1. CHAPTER I.

Renown of Captain Kidd.--Wild Legends.--Demands of Spain.--Opposition of the Maritime Powers.--The Rise of the Buccaneers.--The Pirates’ Code.--Remonstrance of Spain.--Reply of...

22. CHAPTER XXII.

Return of the Explorers.--The Beautiful Captive.--Sympathy in her behalf.--Embarrassments of Morgan.--Inflexible Virtue of the Captive.--The Conspiracy.--Efficiency of Morgan.--...

3. CHAPTER III.

Audacity of Kidd.--Fate of the November.--Kidd kills William Moore.--The Renowned Ballad.--Kidd’s Compunctions.--Kidd at Madagascar.--Piratic Carousals.--The Artificial Hell.--K...

5. CHAPTER V.

The Guilt of Kidd.--Rumors of Buried Treasure.--Mesmeric Revelation.--Adventures of Bradish.--Strange Character of Major Bonnet.--His Piracies.--Encounters.--Indications of Insa...