Catherine's, which he takes 179

CHAPTER XVI.
Captain Morgan takes the Castle of Chagre, with four
hundred men sent to this purpose from St. Catherine's 187

CHAPTER XVII.
Captain Morgan departs from Chagre, at the head of
twelve hundred men, to take the city of Panama 195

CHAPTER XVIII.
Captain Morgan sends canoes and boats to the South
Sea--He fires the city of Panama--Robberies and
cruelties committed there by the pirates, till
their return to the Castle of Chagre 213

ILLUSTRATIONS

"The Man-of-War gave them chase" _Frontispiece_

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Pierre le Grand commanding the Spanish Captain to surrender
the ship 36

"Portugues made the best of his way to del Golpho Triste" 46

"They boarded the ship with great agility" 92

"Lolonois, with those that remained, had much ado to
escape aboard their boats" 96

Captain Morgan recruiting his forces 114

"Being come to the place of the duel, the Englishman
stabbed the Frenchman in the back" 120

"Morgan commanded the religious men and women to place
the ladders against the walls" 128

"They hanged him on a tree" 146

"The fire-ship sailing before the rest fell presently
upon the great ship" 158

Morgan dividing the treasure taken at Maracaibo 166

Sacking of Panama--"Morgan re-entered the city with his
troops" 214

INTRODUCTION

This volume was originally written in Dutch by John Esquemeling, and
first published in Amsterdam in 1678 under the title of De Americaeneche
Zee Roovers. It immediately became very popular and this first hand
history of the Buccaneers of America was soon translated into the
principal European languages. The first English edition was printed in
1684.

Of the author, John Esquemeling, very little is known although it is
generally conceded that he was in all probability a Fleming or
Hollander, a quite natural sup