Bucaniers of America the second volume : containing the dangerous voyage and bold attempts of Captain Bartholomew Sharp, and others, performed upon the coasts of the South Sea, for the space of two years, &c. : from the original journal of the said voyage / written by ... Basil Ringrose, Gent., who was all along present at those transactions.

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Bucaniers of America the second volume : containing the dangerous voyage and bold attempts of Captain Bartholomew Sharp, and others, performed upon the coasts of the South Sea, for the space of two years, &c. : from the original journal of the said voyage / written by ... Basil Ringrose, Gent., who was all along present at those transactions.
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Ringrose, Basil, d. 1686.
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London :: Printed for William Crooke ...,
1685.
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Morgan, Henry, -- Sir, 1635?-1688.
Buccaneers.
Pirates.
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"Bucaniers of America the second volume : containing the dangerous voyage and bold attempts of Captain Bartholomew Sharp, and others, performed upon the coasts of the South Sea, for the space of two years, &c. : from the original journal of the said voyage / written by ... Basil Ringrose, Gent., who was all along present at those transactions." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A39083.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.

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  • Don Baltazar, a Gentleman of Quality, taken in a Vessel be∣fore Guayaquil, 82. He is set at liberty, 109
  • Barahona (Don Jacinto) Admiral of the Armadilla of Pana∣ma, 28. He is killed in the engagement, 30
  • Barbadas Island descryed by the Bucaniers, being the first land they saw, 209
  • Barbacoa, a part of the Continent of America, in the South Sea, 49
  • Barcos de la Armadilla, 27. Two of them taken by the Bu∣caniers, ibid. &c.
  • Barco de aviso, or a Packet-boat, taken by the Bucaniers, 161
  • Bark-logs, 70. Their use, 78
  • Beafero, or rather Viviero, a Negr-boy, whose leg was cut off at Sea, dyeth, 199
  • Boca del Toro, the place of the general rendezvous of the Bucaniers, 1
  • ...

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  • Bonitos, a sort of fish so called, 47. many caught, 141, 142 seen, 203.
  • Booby, a bird so called seen at Sea, being a token of land nigh at hand, 208
  • Captain Bournano, a French Commander; his forces; his attempts on a place called Chepo: he tampereth with the Indians of Darien, 2. He leaveth the Bucaniers, and why, 3
  • Bucaniers, they land on Darien, being in all three hundred and thirty one men: their march towards Santa Maria, 4. Their Arms and provisions, ibid. Four of their number tire, and return to the ships, 5. Difficulties of this march, ibid. &c. They are jealous of the Indians, yet without cause, 9. They take the Town and Fort of Santa Maria, 10. They find little purchase there, the Gold being conveyed away, ibid. They resolve to go for Panama, 12. Are deserted by the Indians, excepting the chief Commanders of them. Are encouraged by a Spaniard, who promiseth to guide them safely, ibid. They take two Barks by the way, 24. Item, several prisoners (whom they kill in cold blood) as also a Peragua at Chepillo, 25, 26. They engage the Ar∣madilla of Panama, and destroy it by a fierce and bloody fight, 27, &c. They block up Panama by Sea, and take several Vessels before the Town, 31. They go to the Isle of Tavoga, where they take other prizes, 36. Thence to Otoque, and Cayboa, 38, 39. They are repulsed from Puebla Nueba, 41. They take here one Vessel, and destroy two more, 42. Are deserted by many of their company, 43. They careen at Gorgona, and alter their Vessel, 49, &c. They lose a ship of their company, and find her again, 55, 62. They design to plunder Arica, 54. Eight of their com∣pany lost at the Isle of Gallo, 75. They take a prize off of Guayaquil, 72. Their cruelty towards a Spanish Fryer, 75. They arrive at Arica, but dare not land▪ 92. Hence they bare away for Hilo: take the place: plunder and de∣stroy a Sugar-work: are cheated by the Spaniards; and at last forced to retire with little or no pillage, &c. They

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  • arrive at Coquimbo: take the City of la Serena; plun∣der it, and are forced again to retire without any conside∣rable purchase, 104, &c. Multitudes of dangers they were in at the Isle of Juan Fernandez, 116, &c. They mutiny among themselves, and choose a new Commander, 120. They out-brave three Spanish men of war, and give them the go-by, 122. Their cruelty towards an old man at Yqueque, 128. They attempt Arica the second time, 126. Are beaten out of the Town, yet make a bold re∣treat, 132, &c. They resolve to go home over-land, 137. They land at Guasco, 139. They surprize Hilo the second time, 142. They mutiny again among themselves, 140. They go to the Gulf of Nicoya, where they take down the decks of their ship, and hereby mend its sayling, 140, &c. Forty seven of their Companions leave them, and go home over-land, 141. They take some prisoners and two Barks at the Gulf of Nicoya, 144. They careen at Golfo Dulce and resolve to go and cruize under the Aequinoctial, 150, 156. They take there several prizes, 158, &c. especi∣ally one very rich, 162. They are in danger of being mas∣sacred by their own slaves, 165. They attempt the sur∣prizal of Paita, but in vain, 168, &c. They stand away for the Streights of Magallanes, 170. They arrive at a place incognito, which they call the Duke of Yorks Islands, and are in great danger of being lost at their arrival, 178. They run many other dangers in the said place by stress of weather, ibid. &c. Some of them resolve to shoot Captain Sharp on Christmas-day, 198. They arrive at Barbadas, but dare not put in there for fear of the Rich∣mond-Frigat, 209. They bare away for Antego, and arrive at the said Island, 212. They give away their ship to the poorest of their company, and disperse for several places, 212. Some of them arrive in England, ibid.
  • Mr. Bull, one of the Bucaniers, killed, 25
  • Mr. Bullock, one of the Bucaniers, and a Surgeon, made pri∣soner at Arica, and detained there by the Spaniards, 163
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