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Buccaneers of America (Classics of Naval Literature)
de Exquemelin, A. O
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- ISBN 10
- 1557500770
- ISBN 13
- 9781557500779
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Annapolis, Md: Naval Institute Press, 1993. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Classics Of Naval Literature, With An Introduction And Notes By Robert C. Ritchie. Tlu Autlwr Sets Forth Towards The Western Islands, In The Service Of The West India Company Of France. They Meet With An English Frigate, And Arrive At The Island Of Tortuga. We Set Sail From Havre De Grace, In France, In A Ship Called St. John, The Second Day Of May, In The Year 1666 Our Vessel Was Equipped With Eight And Twenty Guns, Twenty Mariners, And Two Hundred And Twenty Passengers, Including In This Number Those Whom The Company Sent As Free Passengers, As Being In Their Service. Soon After We Came To An Anchor Under The Cape Of Barfleur, There To Join Seven Other Ships Of The Same West India Company, Which Were To Come From Dieppe Under The Convoy Of A Man-Of-War, Mounted With Seven And Thirty Guns And Two Hundred And Fifty Men. Of These Ships Two Were Bound For Senegal, Five For The Caribbee Islands, And Ours For The Island Of Tortuga. In The Same Place There Gathered Unto Us About Twenty Sail Of Other Ships That Were Bound For Newfoundland, With Some Dutch Vessels That Were Going For Nantes, Rochelle, And St. Martins; So That In All We Made A Fleet Of Thirty Sail. Here We Prepared To Fight, Putting Ourselves Into A Convenient Posture Of Defence, As Having Notice That Four English Frigates, Of Threescore Guns Each, Lay In Wait Vol. 1. . 1 B For Us About The Isle Of Ornay. Our Admiral, The Chevalier Sourdis, Having Distributed What Orders He Thought Convenient, We Set Sail From Thence With A Favourable Gale Of Wind. Presently After, Some Mists Arising, These Totally Impeded The English Frigates From Discovering Our Fleet At Sea. We Steered Our Course As Near As We Could Under The Coast Of France, For Fear Of The Enemy. As We Sailed Along, We Met A Vessel Of Ostend, Who Complained To Our Admiral Tha...Blue Ribbon Sewn In. Gift Inscription And Previous Owners' Name And Date On Free End Paper And Top Of Half-Title Page. 365 Pages Including Index, Plus A Few More About The Author And Additional Works Of Classics Of Naval Literature. .
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- Librería
- First Landing Books & Art (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 059260
- Título
- Buccaneers of America (Classics of Naval Literature)
- Autor
- Exquemelin, A. O
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1557500770
- ISBN 13
- 9781557500779
- Editorial
- Naval Institute Press
- Lugar de publicación
- Annapolis, Md
- Fecha de publicación
- 1993
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Palabras clave
- Pirates West India Company Tortuga Indigo Sugar Havana
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