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EXQUEMELIN, Alexandre Olivier. The History of the Bucaniers of America. London: Thomas Mewborough, John Nicholson and Benjamin Tooke, 1699.
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EXQUEMELIN, Alexandre Olivier. The History of the Bucaniers of America. London: Thomas Mewborough, John Nicholson and Benjamin Tooke, 1699.
8o (193 x 118 mm). 16 engraved maps and plates and 9 engravings in text; woodcuts in text (some creasing and soiling). Contemporary panelled calf (rebacked, front cover detached). Provenance: Edward Sacheverell (signature dated 1698 on pastedown); Carolands (bookplate).
Later English edition, but THE FIRST WITH RAVENEAU DE LUSSAN'S VOYAGE, see below. Alden & Landis 699/72; JCB (4) 393; Palau 85736; Sabin 23483; Wing E-3899.
[Bound with:]
RAVENEAU DE LUSSAN, Sieur de. A Journal of a Voyage made into the South Sea, by the Bucaniers or Freebooters of America...London: for Thomas Newborough, 1698. 8o.
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION of this account, originally appended, as here to the second volume of the 1699 Exquemelin. The author went to sea to alleviate indebtedness at home and the present war between France and Spain gave him the opportunity to join the raiding parties who were preying on the Spanish trade. According to his own account, Raveneau de Lussan was very devout, never allowing his crew to molest priests or nuns, nor sack churches. After taking a Spanish town, he and his men attended Mass before commencing to loot. The work was later incorporated into that of Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin in both his French and English editions. "He details both the romantic and the bleak sides of the buccaneering profession, interwoven with colorful descriptions of the natives of the region and a clear picture of the Spanish colonies on the Pacific" (Hill). "A rare and charming little book, de Lussan, a Parisian of good birth and education, took to filibustering to retrieve his fortunes. He was one of the religious pirates, and he never allowed a Sapinish town to be plundered until his crew had attended Mass in the Cathedral. He was also a great ladies man" (Gosse, My Pirate Library, pp. 29-30). Alden & Landis 698/176; JCB (4) 376; Wing R-322. Sabin 67986.
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Later English edition, but THE FIRST WITH RAVENEAU DE LUSSAN'S VOYAGE, see below. Alden & Landis 699/72; JCB (4) 393; Palau 85736; Sabin 23483; Wing E-3899.
[Bound with:]
RAVENEAU DE LUSSAN, Sieur de. A Journal of a Voyage made into the South Sea, by the Bucaniers or Freebooters of America...London: for Thomas Newborough, 1698. 8
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION of this account, originally appended, as here to the second volume of the 1699 Exquemelin. The author went to sea to alleviate indebtedness at home and the present war between France and Spain gave him the opportunity to join the raiding parties who were preying on the Spanish trade. According to his own account, Raveneau de Lussan was very devout, never allowing his crew to molest priests or nuns, nor sack churches. After taking a Spanish town, he and his men attended Mass before commencing to loot. The work was later incorporated into that of Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin in both his French and English editions. "He details both the romantic and the bleak sides of the buccaneering profession, interwoven with colorful descriptions of the natives of the region and a clear picture of the Spanish colonies on the Pacific" (Hill). "A rare and charming little book, de Lussan, a Parisian of good birth and education, took to filibustering to retrieve his fortunes. He was one of the religious pirates, and he never allowed a Sapinish town to be plundered until his crew had attended Mass in the Cathedral. He was also a great ladies man" (Gosse, My Pirate Library, pp. 29-30). Alden & Landis 698/176; JCB (4) 376; Wing R-322. Sabin 67986.