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The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the
by Clarence Henry Haring
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Title: The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century
Author: Clarence Henry Haring
Release Date: August 29, 2006 [EBook #19139]
Language: English
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THE BUCCANEERS IN THE WEST INDIES IN THE XVII CENTURY
BY
C.H. HARING
WITH TEN MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
METHUEN & CO. LTD. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON
First Published in 1910
PREFACE
The principal facts about the exploits of the English and French buccaneers of the seventeenth century in the West Indies are sufficiently well known to modern readers. The French Jesuit historians of the Antilles have left us many interesting details of their mode of life, and Exquemelin's history of the freebooters has been reprinted numerous times both in France and in England. Based upon these old, contemporary narratives, modern accounts are issued from the press with astonishing regularity, some of them purporting to be serious history, others appea