The Buccaneers of America Comprising a pertinent and truthful description of the principal acts of depredation and inhuman cruelty committed by English and French Buccaneers against the Spanish in America
by Exquemelin, A. O
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About This Item
London: The Folio Society. 1972. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition. No Slipcase. Bound in quarter blue leather, wood-veneer boards with a design in black by John Westwood. Leather spine is rubbed at edges. Illustrated with black and white plates and maps. Endpaper maps. Translated by Alexis Brown. Introduction by Jack Beeching. 194 pages. The author 'of nexessity, was present at all these acts of plunder'. Originally published in 1678 in Amsterdam. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st thus. Hardback.
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- Adelaide Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The Buccaneers of America Comprising a pertinent and truthful description of the principal acts of depredation and inhuman cruelty committed by English and French Buccaneers against the Spanish in America
- Author
- Exquemelin, A. O
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- 1st thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Folio Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1972
- Bookseller catalogs
- History-South America;
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