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
The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the Xvii Century · The Wunder Library — complete classics, free to read, with narration.