A journal of a voyage made into the South Sea, by the bucaniers or freebooters of America, from the year 1684 to 1689 written by the Sieur Raveneau de Lussan ; to which is added, The voyage of the Sieur de Montauban, captain of the free-booters on the coast of Guiney, in the year 1695.
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- A journal of a voyage made into the South Sea, by the bucaniers or freebooters of America, from the year 1684 to 1689 written by the Sieur Raveneau de Lussan ; to which is added, The voyage of the Sieur de Montauban, captain of the free-booters on the coast of Guiney, in the year 1695.
- Author
- Raveneau de Lussan, Sieur.
- Publication
- London :: Printed for Tho. Newborough ..., John Nicholson ..., and Benj. Tooke ...,
- 1698.
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- Buccaneers.
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"A journal of a voyage made into the South Sea, by the bucaniers or freebooters of America, from the year 1684 to 1689 written by the Sieur Raveneau de Lussan ; to which is added, The voyage of the Sieur de Montauban, captain of the free-booters on the coast of Guiney, in the year 1695." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A58105.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 7, 2024.
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A Certificate given by the Governour of S. Domingo to the Au∣thor of this Journal, concerning his Service.
The Sieur de Cussy, His Majesty's Governour of the Tortoise Island, and the Coast of St. Domingo.
WE do certifie, That the Sieur Raveneau de Lussan hath served in a Company of Fourscore and Four Men with the Sieur Laurence de Graff, in the Quality of an Ensign, against the Spaniards, His Majesty's Enemies; and that having gone into the South Sea▪ he fell into the Com∣pany of other Freebooters, from whence not being able to return, but by the force of their Arms; He has given upon those Occasions signal Proofs both of his Zeal and Courage. In Testimony whereof We have given him this Certificate▪ to which We have affixed Our Seal, and ordered Our Secre∣tary to Countersign the same.
Given at the Fort of Port-Paix, Le Cussy. the 17th. of May, 1688.
By the Governour's Command, Boyer.