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The principal facts about the exploits of the English and French buccaneers of the seventeenth century in the West Indies are sufficiently well known to modern readers. The French Jesuit historians of the Antilles have left us many interesting details of their mode of life, and Exquemelin's history of the freebooters has been reprinted numerous times both in France and in England. Based upon these old, contemporary narratives, modern accounts are issued from the press with astonishing regularity, some of them purporting to be serious history, others appearing in the more popular and entertaining guise of romances. All, however, are alike in confining themselves for their. | The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the by Clarence Henry Haring 1 THE BUCCANEERS IN THE WEST INDIES IN THE XVII CENTURY CLARENCE HENRY HARING Part Spanish Colonial System 1 Part Freebooters of the Sixteenth Century 28 CHAPTER I CHAPTER II Part I. pp. 21-22. CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V Part II. pp. 65-74. Part II. pp. 79-88. According to Exquemelin the first design of the Part II. pp. 89-103. Part III. pp. 23-27. Part III. pp. 31-76. CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the by Clarence Henry Haring The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century by Clarence Henry Haring This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century Author Clarence Henry Haring The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the by Clarence Henry Haring 2 Release Date August 29 2006 EBook 19139 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BUCCANEERS IN THE WEST Produced by Steven Gibbs David King and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http THE BUCCANEERS IN THE WEST INDIES IN THE XVII CENTURY BY . HARING WITH TEN MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS METHUEN CO. LTD. 36 ESSEX STREET . LONDON First Published in 1910 PREFACE The principal facts about the exploits of the English and French buccaneers of the seventeenth century in the West Indies are sufficiently well known to modern readers. The French Jesuit historians of the Antilles have left us many interesting details of their mode of life and Exquemelin s history of the freebooters has been reprinted numerous times both in France and in England. Based upon these old contemporary narratives modern accounts are issued from the press with astonishing regularity .