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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- 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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- Ringrose, Basil, d. 1686.
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- 1685.
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- Morgan, Henry, -- Sir, 1635?-1688.
- Buccaneers.
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Contents
- title page
- THE PREFACE TO THE READER.
- READER, Correct these two places thus▪
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BUCANIERS OF AMERICA. The Second Volume. PART IV.
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CHAP. I. Captain
Coxon, Sawkins, Sharp, and others, set forth in a Fleet towards the Province ofDarien, upon the Continent ofAmerica. 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. TheIndian King ofDarien 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 ofPanama. -
CHAP. IV. The
Bucaniers leave the Town ofSanta Maria, and proceed by Sea to takePanama. 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 theSpaniards, 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 ofVallona. -
CHAP. VI. The
Bucaniers prosecute their Voyage, till they come within sight ofPanama. They take seve∣ral Barks and Prisoners by the way. Are des∣cryed by theSpaniards before their arrival. They order theIndians 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 ofPerico beforePanama. -
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. CaptainCoxon with seventy more returneth home.Saw∣kins is chosen in chief. -
CHAP. IX. Captain
Sawkins, chief Commander of theBucani∣ers, is killed beforePuebla Nueba. They are repulsed from the said place. CaptainSharp 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 ofGorgona, where they Careen their Ves∣sels. Description of this Isle. They resolve to go and plunderArica, leaving their design ofGuayaquil. -
CHAP. XI. The
Bucaniers depart from the Isle ofGorgona, with design to plunderArica. They loose one ano∣ther by the way. They touch at theIsle ofPlate, orDrakes Isle, where they meet again. Des∣cription of this Isle. SomeMemoirs of SirFrancis Drake. An account of this Voyage, and the Coasts all along. They sail as far in a fort-night, as theSpaniards usually do in three months. -
CHAP. XII. Captain
Sharp and his company depart from the Isle ofPlate, in prosecution of their Voyage towardsArica. They take two Spanish Vessels by the way, and learn intelligence from the enemy. Eight of their company destroyed at the Isle ofGallo. 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 atArica, and dare not land there; the Country being all in Arms before them. They retire from thence, and go untoPuerto de Hilo, close byArica. 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 theSpaniards, and forced shamefully to retreat from thence. -
CHAP. XIV. The
Bucaniers depart from the Port ofHilo, and sail unto that ofCoquimbo. They are descry∣ed before their arrival. Notwithstanding they land: are encountred by theSpaniards, and put them to flight. They take, plunder, and fire the City ofla Serena. A description thereof. A Stratagem of theSpaniards in endeavouring to fire their ship, discovered and prevented. They are deceived again by theSpaniards, and forced to retire fromCoquimbo, 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 ofJuan Fernandez. Anexact account of this Voyage. Misery they endure, and great dangers they escape very narrowly there. They mutiny among them∣selves, and chooseWatling 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 ofJuan Fer∣nandez, unto that ofYqueque. Here they take several Prisoners, and learn intelligence of the posture of affairs atArica. Cruelty committed upon one of the said prisoners, who had rightly informed them. They attemptArica 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. CaptainWatling their chief Commander is killed in this Attacque, and CaptainSharp 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 ofGuasco, where they get Provisions. A draught of the said Port. They land again atHilo to revenge the former affronts, and took what they could find. -
CHAP. XVIII. They depart from the Port of
Hilo, unto the Gulf ofNicoya, 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 ofNi∣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∣toGolfo Dulce, where they careen their Ves∣sel. An account of their sailings along the Coast. Also a description ofGolfo Dulce. The Spaniards force theIndians ofDarien un∣to a Peace, by a stratagem contrived in the name of theEnglish. -
CHAP. XX. They depart from
Golfo Dulce, to go and cruise under the Aequinoctial. Here they take a rich Spanish vessel with37000 Pieces of Eight, besides Plate and other Goods. They take also a Pacquet-boat bound fromPanama toLima. 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 ofPaita, 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 ofMagallanes. Description of the Bay and Port ofPaita, andColan. An account of their Sailings towards the Streight aforementioned. -
CHAP. XXIII. The
Bucaniers arrive at a placeincognito, unto which they give the name ofthe Duke of YorksIslands. A description of the said Islands, and of the Gulf, orLagoon, 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 ofMagallanes 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 theCaribby Islands in the WestIndies. They give away their Ship to some of their Companions that were poor; and disperce for several Countrys. The Author of this Journal arriveth inEngland.
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CHAP. I. Captain
- THE TABLE To the Second Volum OF THE BUCANIERS
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A Catalogue of BOOKS printed and sold by
William Crooke Bookseller, at the Sign of theGreen Dragon withoutTemple-bar, nigh the Passage into theTemple byDevereux -Court, 1685. - map