History of the Buccaneers of AmericaThe last of his published works, History of the Buccaneers of America, published in 1816, is Burney's historical account of the Spanish, English, and French expansion in the New World. In it, he takes a harsh look at those "miscreants" from his own country who took up arms against the Spanish explorers for glory, revenge, and gold and stole treasures from the native people. Far from hagiographic, Burney is highly critical of his countrymen's loose morality: he hoped to produce an account that was far more truthful than any previous attempt. Anyone interested in history and the age of explorers will be fascinated by these little-known stories of the day-to-day discovery of the Americas. Englishman JAMES BURNEY (1759-1821) was a rear admiral in the British Royal Navy. He traveled with the famous Captain Cook and wrote a handful of books about the exploration of various parts of the world, including his most famous, Chronological History of the Voyages and Discoveries in the South Sea or Pacific Ocean (1803). |
Contents
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Ships of different European nations frequent the West | 36 |
Iniquitous settlement of the island St Christopher | 43 |
Treaty made by the Spaniards with Don Henriquez | 54 |
CHAPTER PAGE | 72 |
Thomas Peche Attempt of La Sound to cross | 86 |
Meeting of buccaneers at the Samballas | 93 |
Edward Davis commander Meeting of | 206 |
Buccaneers under Edward Davis At Amapalla | 220 |
Edward Davis his third visit to the Galapagos | 235 |
Adventures of Swan and Townley on the coast | 249 |
The Cygnet and her crew on the coast of Nueva | 265 |
CHAPTER PAGE | 277 |
The Cygnet departs from Mindanao At | 291 |
The Cygnet At the Philippines Celebes | 300 |
Journey of the buccaneers across the isthmus | 105 |
First buccaneer expedition in the South Sea | 113 |
Disputes between the French Government | 145 |
Circumstances which preceded the second irruption | 153 |
Buccaneers under John Cook arrive at Juan | 164 |
CHAPTER PAGE | 175 |
French buccaneers under François Grogniet and | 307 |
Retreat of the French buccaneers across New Spain | 334 |
Steps taken towards reducing the buccaneers | 349 |
Siege and plunder of the city of Carthagena on | 355 |
Second plunder of Carthagena Peace of Ryswick | 370 |
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