The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century
Chapter 1
II. The Beginnings of the Buccaneers 57 III. The Conquest of Jamaica 85 IV. Tortuga, 1655-1664 113 V. Porto Bello and Panama 120 VI. The Government Suppresses the Buccaneers 200 VII. The Buccaneers Turn Pirate 232 Appendices 273-74 Bibliography 275 Index 289
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Map of the West Indies _Frontispiece_ From Charlevoix' _Histoire de S. Domingue_.
FACING PAGE
Spanish Periagua 1
From Exquemelin's _Histoire des Aventuriers Trevoux_, 1744.
Buccaneer Vessels 76
From Exquemelin's _Histoire des Aventuriers Trevoux_, 1744.
A Correct Map of Jamaica 85
From the _Royal Magazine_, 1760.
Map of San Domingo 86
From Charlevoix' _Histoire de S. Domingue_.
Plan of the Bay and Town of Portobelo 154
From Prevost d'Exiles' _Voyages_.
The Isthmus of Darien 164
From Exquelmelin's _Bucaniers_, 1684-5.
'The Battel between the Spaniards and the pyrats or Buccaniers before the Citty of Panama' 166
From Exquemelin's _Bucaniers of America_, 1684-5.
Plan of Vera-Cruz 242
From Charlevoix' _Histoire de S. Domingue_, 1730.
Plan of the Town and Roadstead of Cartegena and of the Forts 264
From Baron de Pontis' _Relation de ce qui c'est fait la prise de Carthagene_, Bruxelles, 1698.
THE BUCCANEERS IN THE WEST INDIES IN THE XVII CENTURY