The Buccaneers of America

First published in 1678, this is an eyewitness history of Caribbean privateering in the 1660s and 1670s by a man who sailed with the crews. Exquemelin describes the bases at Tortuga and Jamaica, the recruitment of hunters and sailors, and the raids on Spanish towns and shipping, including the expeditions associated with Henry Morgan against Porto Bello, Maracaibo, and Panama. He records how prizes were shared, how the sick were treated, and how the campaigns dissolved into drink and dispute. The book is a participant's chronicle of buccaneering, not a novel of pirate adventure.

Quarter-bound in blue leather with wood veneer boards printed with a black design. Mid-brown slipcase.