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The history of the bucaniers of America [electronic resource].

Author
Exquemelin, A. O. (Alexandre Olivier)
Uniform Title
Amerikaanse zeerovers. English
Published
New-York : published by William Beastall : S. Marks, printer, 1826..
Edition
The first American, from the last London edition.
Physical Description
3 volumes in 1 ; 14 cm (12mo)
Additional Creators
Ringrose, Basil, -1686, Raveneau de Lussan, Sieur, Montauban, Sieur de, approximately 1650-1700, Beastall, William, and Marks, Samuel
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Written by Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin. Exquemelin's original work, "De americaensche zee-roovers," Amsterdam, 1678, was translated into Spanish in 1681 and thence by an anonymous translator into English, London, W. Crooke, 1684. Raveneau de Lussan's A journal of a voyage ... was originally written in French.
Printer's statement transposed: follows imprint date on t.p.
"In three volumes" follows edition statement on t.p. of v. 2 & 3.
Each volume with its own added engraved title page and table of contents.
Divided into 4 parts, each with its own divisional t.p.: The history of the bucaniers of America. Part I; The history of the bucaniers of America. Part II. The dangerous voyage and bold adventures o[f] Captain Sharp ... and others, to the South Sea [by Basil Ringrose]; The history of the bucaniers of America. Part III. A journal of a voyage made into the South Sea, by the bucaniers ... from the year 1684 to 1689. Written by the Sieur Ravenau de Lussan; and The history of the bucaniers of America. Part IV. A relation of a voyage made by the Sieur de Montauban ... in the year 1695. With a description of the kingdom of Cape Lopez, the manners, customs, and religion of the country.
Vol. 1, p. 177, 214, 219 misnumbered 174, 114, 319. Vol. 2, p. 65 misnumbered 95.
Reproduction Note
Electronic reproduction. Philadelphia, Pa.: NewsBank, inc., 2014. Available via the World Wide Web. Access restricted to Readex Afro-Americana Imprints, 1535-1922: From the Library Company of Philadelphia subscribers.
Reviewed/Cited In
Shoemaker, R.H. Checklist of American imprints for 1820-1829, 24473
Lib. Company. Afro-Americana, 3571
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