The Buccaneers of America by John Esquemeling, Henry Powell - 9781108024815

The Buccaneers of AmericaA True Account of the Most Remarkable Assaults Committed of Late Years Upon the Coasts of the West Indies by the Buccaneers of Jamaica and Tortuga\nAuthor(s): John Esquemeling, Henry Powell\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108024815, 978-1108024815\nSynopsis\nJohn Esquemeling (better known as Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin) (c. [tel] was a French barber-surgeon best remembered for this classic account of the buccaneer pirates of the West Indies. After travelling to Tortuga in 1666, Esquemeling joined the buccaneer company of Henry Morgan, one of the most successful and notorious privateers of the period. This volume, first published in English in 1684, and now reissued from the 1893 reprint, contains Esquemeling's detailed account of Morgan's dramatic exploits and adventures. Covering the period [tel], Esquemeling recounts in fascinating detail Morgan's infamous attacks .