1686 1ed Buccaneers in America Pirates of Caribbean Exquemelin Illustrated

1686 1^ed Buccaneers in America Pirates of Caribbean Exquemelin Illustrated

 

“Go tell the King of England, go tell him thus from me, Though he reigns king o’er all the land, I will reign king at sea!”

– Exquemelin, History of the Buccaneers

 

An incredible History of Pirates and Buccaneers of the Caribbean by Exquemelin, complete with illustrations! This book of sea adventures talks of shipwrecks, sea battles, and Spanish buccaneers in the Americas, Indies, and South Sea. In 1666, Exquemelin set sail toward the Antilles when his ship was attacked by pirates headed for Tortuga. He, himself, eventually became a pirate and participated in raids and lootings.

 

This incredible first French edition describes many of Exquemelin’s stories and includes highly desirable illustrations of maps and scenes of sailing. Augmented and edited by Journel, this book is known to be responsible for colloquializing the term ‘buccaneer’.

 

From Sabin:

First French edition, of extreme rarity, translated from the Spanish. The author’s name is rather singularly changed. The translation was made by M. de Fontignieres.”

 

Item number: #3431

Price: $2500

 

EXQUEMELIN, Alexandre Olivier

 

Histoire des avanturiers qui se sont signalez dans les Indes, contenant ce qu’ils ont fait, de plus remarquable depuis vingt annees. Avec la vie, les moeurs, les coutumes des habitants de Saint Domingue & de laTortue, & une description exacte des ces lieux; ou l’on voit l’etablissement d’une chambre des comptes dans les Indes, & un etat, tire de cette chambre, des opffices tant ecclesiastiques que seculieres, ou le Roy d’Espagne pirvoit, les revenues, qu’il tire de l’Amerique & ce que les plus grands Princes de l’Europe y possedent. Le tout enrichi de cartes geographiques & de figures en taille-douce.

 

A Paris, : Chez Jacques le Febvre, au dernier pillier de la Grand’Salle, vis-à-vis les Requestes du Palais., MDCLXXXVI. [1686].

 

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; volume 1 (of 2)
  • [32], 342, [22]
• Reference: Sabin 23475; Hill 579; Palau V, p. 232]
• Language: French
• Binding: Leather; tight & secure
• Size: ~6.75in X 4in (17cm x 10cm)

 

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