The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century

Chapter 1

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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_.

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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