Bucaniers of America the second volume : containing the dangerous voyage and bold attempts of Captain Bartholomew Sharp, and others, performed upon the coasts of the South Sea, for the space of two years, &c. : from the original journal of the said voyage / written by ... Basil Ringrose, Gent., who was all along present at those transactions.

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Author:	Ringrose, Basil, d. 1686.
Title:	Bucaniers of America the second volume : containing the dangerous voyage and bold attempts of Captain Bartholomew Sharp, and others, performed upon the coasts of the South Sea, for the space of two years, &c. : from the original journal of the said voyage / written by ... Basil Ringrose, Gent., who was all along present at those transactions.
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Print source:	Bucaniers of America the second volume : containing the dangerous voyage and bold attempts of Captain Bartholomew Sharp, and others, performed upon the coasts of the South Sea, for the space of two years, &c. : from the original journal of the said voyage / written by ... Basil Ringrose, Gent., who was all along present at those transactions. Ringrose, Basil, d. 1686., Exquemelin, A. O. (Alexandre Olivier). Americaenische zee-roovers. English. London: Printed for William Crooke ..., 1685.
Subject terms:	Morgan, Henry, -- Sir, 1635?-1688. Buccaneers. Pirates.
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THE PREFACE TO THE READER.

READER, Correct these two places thus▪

BUCANIERS OF AMERICA. The Second Volume. PART IV.

CHAP. I. Captain Coxon, Sawkins, Sharp, and others, set forth in a Fleet towards the Province of Darien, upon the Continent of America. Their designs to pillage and plunder in those parts. Number of their Ships, and strength of their Forces by Sea and Land.

CHAP. II. They march towards the Town of Santa Maria with design to take it. The Indian King of Darien meeteth them by the way. Difficulties of this March, with other occurrences till they arrive at the place.

CHAP. III. They take the Town of Santa Maria with no loss of Men, and but small purchase of what they sought for. Description of the Place, Country, and River adjacent. They resolve to go and plunder the second time the City of Panama.

CHAP. IV. The Bucaniers leave the Town of Santa Maria, and proceed by Sea to take Panama. Extream diffi∣culties, with sundry accidents and dangers of that Voyage.

CHAP. V. Shipwrack of Mr. Ringrose the Author of this Nar∣rative. He is taken by the Spaniards, and mi∣raculously by them preserved. Several other ac∣cidents and disasters which befel him after the loss of his Companions till he found them again. Description of the Gulf of Vallona.

CHAP. VI. The Bucaniers prosecute their Voyage, till they come within sight of Panama. They take seve∣ral Barks and Prisoners by the way. Are des∣cryed by the Spaniards before their arrival. They order the Indians to kill the Prisoners.

CHAP. VII. They arrive within sight of Panama. Are encoun∣tred by Three small men of War. They fight them with only sixty eight men, and utterly de∣feat them, taking two of the said Vessels. De∣scription of that bloody fight. They take seve∣ral Ships at the Isle of Perico before Panama.

CHAP. VIII. Description of the State and Condition of Panama, and the parts adjacent. What Vessels they took while they blocked up the said Port. Captain Coxon with seventy more returneth home. Saw∣kins is chosen in chief.

CHAP. IX. Captain Sawkins, chief Commander of the Bucani∣ers, is killed before Puebla Nueba. They are repulsed from the said place. Captain Sharp chosen to be their Leader. Many more of their company leave them, and return home over land.

CHAP. X. They depart from the Island of Cayboa unto the Isle of Gorgona, where they Careen their Ves∣sels. Description of this Isle. They resolve to go and plunder Arica, leaving their design of Guayaquil.

CHAP. XI. The Bucaniers depart from the Isle of Gorgona, with design to plunder Arica. They loose one ano∣ther by the way. They touch at the Isle of Plate, or Drakes Isle, where they meet again. Des∣cription of this Isle. Some Memoirs of Sir Francis Drake. An account of this Voyage, and the Coasts all along. They sail as far in a fort-night, as the Spaniards usually do in three months.

CHAP. XII. Captain Sharp and his company depart from the Isle of Plate, in prosecution of their Voyage towards Arica. They take two Spanish Vessels by the way, and learn intelligence from the enemy. Eight of their company destroyed at the Isle of Gallo. Tediousness of this Voyage, and great hardship they endured. Description of the Coast all a∣long, and their sailings.

CHAP. XIII. A continuation of their long and tedious Voyage to Arica, with a description of the Coasts and Sailings thereunto. Great hardship they endu∣red for want of Water and other Provisions. They are descryed at Arica, and dare not land there; the Country being all in Arms before them. They retire from thence, and go unto Puerto de Hilo, close by Arica. Here they land, take the Town with little or no loss on their side, refresh themselves with Provisions; but in the end are cheated by the Spaniards, and forced shamefully to retreat from thence.

CHAP. XIV. The Bucaniers depart from the Port of Hilo, and sail unto that of Coquimbo. They are descry∣ed before their arrival. Notwithstanding they land: are encountred by the Spaniards, and put them to flight. They take, plunder, and fire the City of la Serena. A description thereof. A Stratagem of the Spaniards in endeavouring to fire their ship, discovered and prevented. They are deceived again by the Spaniards, and forced to retire from Coquimbo, without any Ransom for the City, or considerable pillage. They re∣lease several of their chiefest Prisoners.

CHAP. XV. The Bucaniers depart from Coquimbo for the Isle of Juan Fernandez. Anexact account of this Voyage. Misery they endure, and great dangers they escape very narrowly there. They mutiny among them∣selves, and choose Watling to be their chief Com∣mander. Description of the Island. Three Spa∣nish Men of War meet with the Bucaniers, at the said Island; but these outbrave them on the one side, and give them the slip on the other.

CHAP. XVI. The Bucaniers depart from the Isle of Juan Fer∣nandez, unto that of Yqueque. Here they take several Prisoners, and learn intelligence of the posture of affairs at Arica. Cruelty committed upon one of the said prisoners, who had rightly informed them. They attempt Arica the second time, and take the Town, but are beaten out of it again before they could plunder, with great loss of men, many of them being killed, wounded, and made Prisoners. Captain Watling their chief Commander is killed in this Attacque, and Captain Sharp presently chosen again, who lea∣deth them off, and through Mountains of diffi∣culties, maketh a bold Retreat unto the ship.

CHAP. XVII. A description of the Bay of Arica. They sail from hence unto the Port of Guasco, where they get Provisions. A draught of the said Port. They land again at Hilo to revenge the former affronts, and took what they could find.

CHAP. XVIII. They depart from the Port of Hilo, unto the Gulf of Nicoya, where they take down their decks, and mend the sailing of their ship. Forty seven of their Companions leave them, and go home o∣ver land. A description of the Gulf of Ni∣coya. They take two Barks and some Prisoners there. Several other remarques belonging to this Voyage.

CHAP. XIX. They depart from the Gulf of Nicoya, un∣to Golfo Dulce, where they careen their Ves∣sel. An account of their sailings along the Coast. Also a description of Golfo Dulce. The Spaniards force the Indians of Darien un∣to a Peace, by a stratagem contrived in the name of the English.

CHAP. XX. They depart from Golfo Dulce, to go and cruise under the Aequinoctial. Here they take a rich Spanish vessel with 37000 Pieces of Eight, besides Plate and other Goods. They take also a Pacquet-boat bound from Panama to Lima. An account of their Sailings and the Coasts along.

CHHP. XXI. They take another Spanish ship richly laden under the Aequinoctial. They make several Dividends of their booty among themselves. They arrive at the Isle of Plate, where they are in danger of being all Massacred by their Slaves and Priso∣ners. Their departure from thence for the Port and Bay of Paita, with design to plunder the said place.

CHAP. XXII. They arrive at Paita, where they are disap∣pointed of their expectations, as not daring to land, seeing all the Country alarmed before them. They bear away for the Straight of Magallanes. Description of the Bay and Port of Paita, and Colan. An account of their Sailings towards the Streight aforementioned.

CHAP. XXIII. The Bucaniers arrive at a place incognito, unto which they give the name of the Duke of Yorks Islands. A description of the said Islands, and of the Gulf, or Lagoon, wherein they lie, so far as it was searched. They remain there many days by stress of weather, not without great dan∣gers of being lost. An account of some other things remarkable that hapned there.

CHAP. XXIV. They depart from the English Gulf in quest of the Straight of Magallanes which they cannot find. They return home by an unknown way, never Navigated before.

CHAP. XXV. The Bucaniers continue their Navigation, without seeing any Land, till they arrive at the Caribby Islands in the West Indies. They give away their Ship to some of their Companions that were poor; and disperce for several Countrys. The Author of this Journal arriveth in England.

THE TABLE To the Second Volum OF THE BUCANIERS

part A

part B

part C

part D

part E

part F

part G

part H

part I

part K

part L

part M

part N

part O

part P

part Q

part R

part S

part T

part V

part Y

part Z

A Catalogue of BOOKS printed and sold by William Crooke Bookseller, at the Sign of the Green Dragon without Temple-bar, nigh the Passage into the Temple by Devereux-Court, 1685.

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