The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII CenturyHaring, Clarence Henry
History
The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century
Haring, Clarence Henry
Buccaneers; West Indies -- History
[Footnote 531: Crawford: Bibliotheca Lindesiana. Handlist of
Proclamations.]
[Footnote 532: Firth: Naval Songs and Ballads, pp. l.-lii.; _cf._ also
Archives Coloniales, Corresp. Gen. de St Dom., vols. iii.-ix.; Ibid.,
Martinique, vols. viii.-xix.]
[Footnote 533: Archives Coloniales, Corresp. Gen. de Martinique, vol.
xvi.]
APPENDIX I
An account of the English buccaneers belonging to Jamaica and Tortuga in
1663, found among the Rawlinson MSS., makes the number of privateering
ships fifteen, and the men engaged in the business nearly a thousand.
The list is as follows:--
_Captain Ship Men Guns_
Sir Thomas Whetstone a Spanish prize 60 7
Captain Smart Griffon, frigate 100 14
Captain Guy James, frigate 90 14
Captain James American, frigate 70 6
Captain Cooper his frigate 80 10
Captain Morris a brigantine 60 7
Captain Brenningham his frigate 70 6
Captain Mansfield a brigantine 60 4
Captain Goodly a pink 60 6
Captain Blewfield, belonging
to Cape Gratia de Dios,
living among the Indians a barque 50 3
Captain Herdue a frigate 40 4
There were four more belonging to Jamaica, of which no account was
available. The crews were mixed of English, French and Dutch.
APPENDIX II
List of filibusters and their vessels on the coasts of French San
Domingo in 1684:--
_Captain Ship Men Guns_
Le sieur Grammont le Hardy 300 52
" capitaine Laurens de Graff " Neptune 210 54
" " Michel la Mutine 200 44
" " Janquais " Dauphine 180 30
" " le Sage le Tigre 130 30
" " Dedran " Chasseur 120 20
" sieur du Mesnil la Trompeuse 100 14
" capitaine Jocard l'Irondelle 120 18
" " Brea la Fortune 100 14
La prise du cap^ne. Laurens -- 80 18
Le sieur de Bernanos la Schitie 60 8
" capitaine Cachemaree le St Joseph 70 6
" " Blot la Quagone 90 8
" " Vigeron " Louse (barque) 30 4
" " Petit le Ruze (bateau) 40 4
" " Lagarde la Subtille 30 2
" " Verpre le Postilion 25 2
(Paris, Archives Coloniales, Corresp. gen. de St. Dom., vol. i.--Memoire
sur l'estat de Saint Domingue a M. de Seignelay par M. de Cussy.)
SOURCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
Manuscript Sources in England
_Public Record Office:_
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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