![]() Had neither the means nor the inclination instituting at The Jews drawn into a foreign policy for which she The exile of the most sober and industrious of her population, Thrown open to her, and given into her hands by a papalĭecree to possess and populate. She could muster, an entire new hemisphere was suddenly Of her own resources seemed to require all the energies Wars left her mistress of a united Spain, and the exploitation And when the termination of the last of these Leisure to cultivate the arts of peace, but had acquired aĭisdain for manual work which helped to mould herĬolonial administration and influenced all her subsequent Moors, and during this time had not only found little For centuries she hadīeen called upon to wage a continuous warfare with the The Spanish national character, Spain was then neither Have been the political rôle thrust upon them in the sixteenthĬentury by the Hapsburg marriages, whateverĬertain historians may say of the grandeur and nobility of ![]() Less fitted than any other nation of western Europeįor the task of American colonization. Leroy-Beaulieu has remarked, were perhaps XVII CENTURY CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY I.-THE SPANISH COLONIAL SYSTEMĪt the time of the discovery of America the Spaniards,Īs M. Plan of the Town and Roadstead of CartegenaĪnd of the Forts, From Baron de Pontis' Relation de ce qui c'est fait la prise de Carthagene, Bruxelles, 1698. Plan of Vera-Cruz, From Charlevoix' Histoire de S. The Isthmus of Darien, From Exquelmelin's Bucaniers, 1684-5. Plan of the Bay and Town of Portobelo, From Prevost d'Exiles' Voyages. Map of San Domingo, From Charlevoix' Histoire de S. Map of the West Indies Spanish Periagua, From Exquemelin's Histoire des Aventuriers Trevoux, 1744 A Correct Map of Jamaica, From the Royal Magazine, 1760. List of Filibusters SOURCES AND BIBLIGRAPHY INDEX LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS The Government Suppresses the Buccaneers CHAPTER VII. The Beginnings of the Buccaneers CHAPTER III. History in Oxford, and to him the writer owes a lastingĭebt of gratitude for his unfailing aid and sympathyĬHAPTER I. University in May 1909 to fulfil the requirements for The "Buccaneers in the West Indies" was presentedĪs a thesis to the Board of Modern History of Oxford Importance, to trace the policy pursued toward them Of these sea-rovers, but, what is of greater interest and Not only to give a narrative, according to the mostĪuthentic, available sources, of the more brilliant exploits Other sources, or to show the connection between theīuccaneers and the history of the English colonies in the Of the old tales by comparing them with these Numerous other documents bearing upon the subject,ĭocuments which till now have been entirely neglected.Įxquemelin has been reprinted, the story of theīuccaneers has been re-told, yet no writer, whetherĮditor or historian, has attempted to estimate the trustworthiness It is justified only by the fact that there exist Or pirates, for they have, unfortunately, more than onceĭeserved that name, may seem a rather fruitless undertaking. To write another history of these privateers Jesuits, and perhaps a few narratives like those of DampierĪnd Wafer. In confining themselves for their information to what mayĪlmost be called the traditional sources-Exquemelin, the Serious history, others appearing in the more popular andĮntertaining guise of romances. Modern accounts are issued from the press withĪstonishing regularity, some of them purporting to be ![]() Based upon these old, contemporary narratives, Has been reprinted numerous times both in France and Mode of life, and Exquemelin's history of the freebooters The French Jesuit historians of theĪntilles have left us many interesting details of their In the West Indies are sufficiently well known to The principal facts about the exploits of the EnglishĪnd French buccaneers of the seventeenth century Produced by Steven Gibbs, David King, and the Online *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BUCCANEERS IN THE WEST *** With this eBook or online at Title: The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century Re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withĪlmost no restrictions whatsoever. The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century.
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