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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.

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