CONTENTS.

[CHAPTER I.]

[CHAP. II.]

*Review of the Dominion of the* Spaniards in Hayti orHispaniola.
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Hayti, or Hispaniola, the Land on which the Spaniards first settled in America	[7]
Government of Columbus	[9]
Dogs made use of against the Indians	[10]
Massacre of the Natives, and Subjugation of the Island	[11]
Heavy Tribute imposed	[12]
City of Nueva Ysabel, or Santo Domingo	[14]
Beginning of the Repartimientos	[16]
Government of Bovadilla	ib.
The Natives compelled to work the Mines	[17]
Nicolas Ovando, Governor	ib.
Working the Mines discontinued	[18]
The Natives again forced to the Mines	[19]
Insurrection in Higuey	[20]
Encomiendas established	ib.
Africans carried to the West Indies	[21]
Massacre of the People of Xaragua	[22]
Death of Queen Ysabel	[23]
Desperate condition of the Natives	[24]
The Grand Antilles	[26]
Small Antilles, or Caribbee Islands	ib.
Lucayas, or Bahama Islands	ib.
The Natives of the Lucayas betrayed to the Mines	[27]
Fate of the Natives of Porto Rico	[28]
D. Diego Columbus, Governor	ib.
Increase of Cattle in Hayti. Cuba	[29]
De las Casas and Cardinal Ximenes endeavour to serve the Indians	[30]
Cacique Henriquez	ib.
[Footnotes]

[CHAP. III.]

Adventure of an English Ship	[32]
The French and other Europeans resort to the West Indies	[33]
Regulation proposed in Hispaniola, for protection against Pirates	ib.
Hunting of Cattle in Hispaniola	[34]
Matadores	ib.
Guarda Costas	[35]
Brethren of the Coast	[36]

[CHAP. IV.]

The English and French settle on Saint Christopher	[38]
Are driven away by the Spaniards	[40]
They return	[41]
Tortuga seized by the Hunters	[41]
Whence the Name Buccaneer	[42]
the Name Flibustier	[43]
Customs attributed to the Buccaneers	[45]

[CHAP. V.]

Cultivation in Tortuga	[48]
Increase of the English and French Settlements in the West Indies	ib.
Tortuga surprised by the Spaniards	[49]
Is taken possession of for the Crown of France	[51]
Policy of the English and French Governments with respect to the Buccaneers	[52]
The Buccaneers plunder New Segovia	[53]
The Spaniards retake Tortuga	ib.
With the assistance of the Buccaneers the English take Jamaica	[54]
The French retake Tortuga	ib.
Pierre le Grand, a French Buccaneer	ib.
Alexandre	[55]
Montbars, surnamed the Exterminator	ib.
Bartolomeo Portuguez	ib.
L'Olonnois, and Michel le Basque, take Maracaibo and Gibraltar	[55]
Outrages committed by L'Olonnois	ib.
Mansvelt, a Buccaneer Chief, attempts to form a Buccaneer Establishment	[56]
Island S^ta Katalina, or Providence; since named Old Providence	ib.
Death of Mansvelt	[57]
French West-India Company	ib.
The French Settlers dispute their authority	[58]
Morgan succeeds Mansvelt; plunders Puerto del Principe	ib.
Maracaibo again pillaged	[59]
Morgan takes Porto Bello: his Cruelty	ib.
He plunders Maracaibo and Gibraltar	[60]
His Contrivances to effect his Retreat	[61]

[CHAP. VI.]

Treaty between Great Britain and Spain	[63]
Expedition of the Buccaneers against Panama	[64]
They take the Island S^ta. Katalina	[65]
Attack of the Castle at the River Chagre	ib.
Their March across the Isthmus	[66]
The City of Panama taken	[67]
And burnt	[68]
The Buccaneers depart from Panama	[69]
Exquemelin's History of the Buccaneers of America	[71]
Flibustiers shipwrecked at Porto Rico; and put to death by the Spaniards	[73]

[CHAP. VII.]

Thomas Peche	[75]
La Sound attempts to cross the Isthmus	ib.
Voyage of Ant. de Vea	[76]
Massacre of the French in Samana	[77]
French Fleet wrecked on Aves	[77]
Granmont	ib.
Darien Indians	[79]
Porto Bello surprised by the Buccaneers	ib.

[CHAP. VIII.]

Golden Island	[81]
Account of the Mosquito Indians	[82]

[CHAP. IX.]

Buccaneers commence their March	[91]
Fort of S^ta Maria taken	[95]
John Coxon chosen Commander	[96]
They arrive at the South Sea	[97]

[CHAP. X.]

In the Bay of Panama	[98]
Island Chepillo	ib.
Battle with a small Spanish Armament	ib.
Richard Sawkins	[99]
Panama, the new City	[100]
Coxon returns to the West Indies	[101]
Richard Sawkins chosen Commander	ib.
Taboga; Otoque	[102]
Attack of Pueblo Nuevo	[103]
Captain Sawkins is killed	ib.
Imposition practised by Sharp	[104]
Sharp chosen Commander	[105]
Some return to the West Indies	ib.
The Anchorage at Quibo	ib.
Island Gorgona	[106]
Island Plata	[107]
Adventure of Seven Buccaneers	ib.
Ilo	[109]
Shoals of Anchovies	ib.
La Serena plundered and burnt	ib.
Attempt of the Spaniards to burn the Ship of the Buccaneers	ib.
Island Juan Fernandez	[110]
Sharp deposed from the Command	[111]
Watling elected Commander	ib.
William, a Mosquito Indian, left on the Island Juan Fernandez	[112]
Island Yqueque; Rio de Camarones	[113]
They attack Arica	ib.
Are repulsed; Watling killed	[114]
Sharp again chosen Commander	[115]
Huasco; Ylo	ib.
The Buccaneers separate	[116]
Proceedings of Sharp and his Followers	ib.
They enter a Gulf	[118]
Shergall's Harbour	[119]
Another Harbour	ib.
The Gulf is named the English Gulf	ib.
Duke of York's Islands	[120]
A Native killed by the Buccaneers	[121]
Native of Patagonia carried away	ib.
Passage round Cape Horn	[122]
Appearance like Land, in 57° 50′ S.	ib.
Ice Islands	ib.
Arrive in the West Indies	[123]
Sharp, and others, tried for Piracy	ib.

[CHAP. XI.]

Prohibitions against Piracy disregarded by the French Buccaneers	[125]-6
Sir Henry Morgan, Deputy Governor of Jamaica	[126]
His Severity to the Buccaneers	ib.
Van Horn, Granmont, and De Graaf, go against La Vera Cruz	[127]
They surprise the Town by Stratagem	[127]
Story of Granmont and an English Ship	[128]
Disputes of the French Governors with the Flibustiers of Saint Domingo	[130]

[CHAP. XII.]

Circumstances preceding the Second Irruption of the Buccaneers into the South Sea	[132]
Buccaneers under John Cook	[134]
Cape de Verde Islands	[135]
Ambergris; The Flamingo	ib.
Coast of Guinea	[136]
Sherborough River	[137]
John Davis's Islands	ib.
History of the Report of a Discovery named Pepys Island	ib.
Shoals of small red Lobsters	[140]
Passage round Cape Horne	ib.

[CHAP. XIII.]

The Buccaneers under Cook joined by the Nicholas of London, John Eaton	[141]
At Juan Fernandez	[142]
William the Mosquito Indian	ib.
Juan Fernandez first stocked with Goats by its Discoverer	[143]
Appearance of the Andes	ib.
Islands Lobos de la Mar	ib.
At the Galapagos Islands	[145]
Duke of Norfolk's Island	ib.
Cowley's Chart of the Galapagos	[146]
King James's Island	ib.
Mistake by the Editor of Dampier	ib.
Concerning Fresh Water and Herbage at the Galapagos	ib. & 147
Land and Sea Turtle	[148]
Mammee Tree	ib.
Coast of New Spain; Cape Blanco	[149]
John Cook, Buccaneer Commander, dies	ib.
Edward Davis chosen Commander	ib.

[CHAP. XIV.]

Caldera Bay	[150]
Volcan Viejo	[151]
Ria-lexa Harbour	ib.
Bay of Amapalla	[152]
Davis and Eaton part company	[154]
Tornadoes near the Coast of New Spain	[155]
Cape San Francisco	ib.
Eaton's Description of Cocos Island	ib.
Point S^ta Elena	[156]
Algatrane, a bituminous Earth	ib.
Rich Ship wrecked on Point S^ta Elena	[157]
Manta; Rocks near it, and Shoal	ib.
Davis is joined by other Buccaneers	ib.
The Cygnet, Captain Swan	ib.
At Isle de la Plata	[159]
Cape Blanco, near Guayaquil; difficult to weather	ib.
Payta burnt	[160]
Part of the Peruvian Coast where it never rains	ib.
Lobos de Tierra, and Lobos de la Mar	ib.
Eaton at the Ladrones	[161]
Nutmeg Island, North of Luconia	[163]
Davis on the Coast of Peru	ib.
Slave Ships captured	ib.
The Harbour of Guayaquil	[164]
Island S^ta Clara: Shoals near it	[164]
Cat Fish	[165]
The Cotton Tree and Cabbage Tree	[166]
River of St. Jago	ib.
Island Gallo; River Tomaco	[167]
Island Gorgona	ib.
Pearl Oysters	[168]
Galera Isle	ib.
The Pearl Islands	[169]
Arrival of fresh bodies of Buccaneers from the West Indies	[170]
Grogniet and L'Escuyer	ib.
Townley and his Crew	[171]
Pisco Wine	[172]
Port de Pinas; Taboga	[173]
Chepo	[174]

[CHAP. XV.]

The Lima Fleet arrives at Panama	[176]
Meeting of the two Fleets	[177]
They separate	[180]
Keys of Quibo: The Island Quibo	[181]
Rock near the Anchorage	ib.
Serpents; The Serpent Berry	[182]
Disagreements among the Buccaneers	ib.
The French separate from the English	[183]
Knight, a Buccaneer, joins Davis	ib.
Expedition against the City of Leon	[184]
Leon burnt by the Buccaneers	[186]
Town of Ria Lexa burnt	[187]
Farther Separation of the Buccaneers	ib.

[CHAP. XVI.]

Amapalla Bay	[188]
A hot River	ib.
Cocos Island	[189]
Effect of Excess in drinking the Milk of the Cocoa-nut	[190]
At the Galapagos Islands	ib.
On the Coast of Peru	191
Peruvian Wine like Madeira	ib.
At Juan Fernandez	[192]
Knight quits the South Sea	ib.
Davis returns to the Coast of Peru	ib.
Bezoar Stones	[193]
Marine Productions found on Mountains; Vermejo	ib.
Davis joins the French Buccaneers at Guayaquil	[195]
They meet Spanish Ships of War	[196]
A Sea Engagement of seven days	ib.
At the Island de la Plata	[198]
Division of Plunder	[199]
They separate, to return home by different Routes	[200]

[CHAP. XVII.]

Davis sails to the Galapagos Islands	[201]
King James's Island	[202]
The Island S^ta Maria de l'Aguada	[203]
Davis sails from the Galapagos to the Southward	[205]
Island discovered by Edward Davis	[206]
Question whether Edward Davis's Land and Easter Island are the same Land	[207]
At the Island Juan Fernandez	[210]
Davis sails to the West Indies	[211]

[CHAP. XVIII.]

Bad Water, and unhealthiness of Ria Lexa	[213]
Island Tangola	[214]
Guatulco; El Buffadore	[215]
Vinello, or Vanilla, a Plant	[216]
Island Sacrificio	ib.
Port de Angeles	ib.
Adventure in a Lagune	[217]
Alcatraz Rock; White Cliffs	[218]
River to the West of the Cliffs	ib.
Snook, a Fish	ib.
High Land of Acapulco	[219]
Sandy Beach, West of Acapulco	ib.
Hill of Petaplan	[220]
Chequetan	ib.
Estapa	ib.
Hill of Thelupan	[221]
Volcano and Valley of Colima	ib.
Salagua	[222]
Report of a great City named Oarrah	ib.
Coronada Hills	[223]
Cape Corrientes	ib.
Keys or Islands of Chametly form a convenient Port	ib.
Bay and Valley de Vanderas	[225]
Swan and Townley part company	[226]

[CHAP. XIX.]

Coast of Nueva Galicia	[227]
Point Ponteque	ib.
White Rock, 21° 51′ N	[228]
Chametlan Isles, 23° 11′ N	ib.
The Penguin Fruit	ib.
Rio de Sal, and Salt-water Lagune	ib.
The Mexican, a copious Language	[229]
Mazatlan	ib.
Rosario, an Indian Town; River Rosario; Sugar-loaf Hill; Caput Cavalli; Maxentelbo Rock; Hill of Xalisco	[230]
River of Santiago	[230]
Town of S^ta Pecaque	[231]
Buccaneers defeated and slain by the Spaniards	[233]
At the Tres Marias	[234]
A Root used as Food	[235]
A Dropsy cured by a Sand Bath	ib.
Bay of Vanderas	[236]

[CHAP. XX.]

The Cygnet quits the American Coast	[237]
Large flight of Birds	ib.
Shoals and Breakers near Guahan	ib.
Bank de Santa Rosa	[238]
At Guahan	ib.
Flying Proe, or Sailing Canoe	[239]
Bread Fruit	[241]
Eastern side of Mindanao, and the Island St. John	[241]
Sarangan and Candigar	[243]
Harbour or Sound on the South Coast of Mindanao	ib.
River of Mindanao	[244]
City of Mindanao	ib.

[CHAP. XXI.]

South Coast of Mindanao	[249]
Among the Philippine Islands	ib.
Pulo Condore	ib.
In the China Seas	[250]
Ponghou Isles	[250]
The Five Islands	ib.
Dampier's Description of them	[250]-256

[CHAP. XXII.]

Island near the SE end of Mindanao	[257]
Candigar, a convenient Cove there	ib.
Low Island and Shoal, SbW from the West end of Timor	[258]
NW Coast of New Holland	ib.
Bay on the Coast of New Holland	[258]
Natives	[259]
An Island in Latitude 10° 20′ S	[261]
End of the Cygnet	ib.

[CHAP. XXIII.]

Point de Burica; Chiriquita	[263]
Unsuccessful attempt at Pueblo Nuevo	[265]
Grogniet is joined by Townley	ib.
Expedition against the City of Granada	[266]
At Ria Lexa	[269]
Grogniet and Townley part company	ib.
Buccaneers under Townley	ib.
Lavelia taken, and set on fire	[270]
Battle with Spanish armed Ships	[274]
Death of Townley	[277]
Grogniet rejoins company	[278]
They divide, meet again, and reunite	[279]
Attack on Guayaquil	[280]
At the Island Puna	[282]
Grogniet dies	ib.
Edward Davis joins Le Picard	[283]

[CHAP. XXIV.]

In Amapalla Bay	[286]
Chiloteca; Massacre of Prisoners	ib.
The Buccaneers burn their Vessels	[287]
They begin their march over land	[288]
Town of New Segovia	[289]
Rio de Yare, or Cape River	[291]
La Pava; Straiton; Le Sage	[294]
Small Crew of Buccaneers at the Tres Marias. Their Adventures	[295]
Story related by Le Sieur Froger	ib.
Buccaneers who lived three years on the Island Juan Fernandez	[296]

[CHAP. XXV.]

Reform attempted in the West Indies	[298]
Campeachy burnt	ib.
Danish Factory robbed	[300]
The English driven from St. Christopher	[301]
The English retake St. Christopher	[302]

[CHAP. XXVI.]

Armament under M. de Pointis	[303]
His Character of the Buccaneers	[304]
Siege of Carthagena by the French	[307]
The City capitulates	[309]
Value of the Plunder	[313]

[CHAP. XXVII.]

The Buccaneers return to Carthagena	[316]
Meet an English and Dutch Squadron	[319]
Peace of Ryswick	[320]
Causes which led to the Suppression of the Buccaneers	ib.
Providence Island	[322]
Conclusion	[323]