AYRES, Philip (1638-1712), editor. The Voyages and Adventures of Capt. Barth. Sharp and others, in the South Sea: Being a Journal of the same. Also Capt. Van. Horn with his Buccanieres surprising of la Vera Cruz, to which is added the true Relation of Sir Henry Morgan his Expedition against the Spaniards in the East-Indies, and his taking Panama. London: R.W. for R.H. and S.T., 1684.
AYRES, Philip (1638-1712), editor. The Voyages and Adventures of Capt. Barth. Sharp and others, in the South Sea: Being a Journal of the same. Also Capt. Van. Horn with his Buccanieres surprising of la Vera Cruz, to which is added the true Relation of Sir Henry Morgan his Expedition against the Spaniards in the East-Indies, and his taking Panama. London: R.W. for R.H. and S.T., 1684. 8 o (171 x 103 mm). (Rust hole on B2 affecting a few letters, D6 trimmed narrow, some headlines and shoulder notes shaved.) 20th-century green morocco, edges gilt, by Stern and Dess (joints rubbed). FIRST EDITION. "This work is in part supplementary to the English edition of Exquemelin's Bucanier's of America , 1684, and in part a vindication of the English, especially Capt. Henry Morgan, from the aspersions of that writer... The major part of this book is the narrative of Captain [Bartholomew] Sharp. For two and one half years Sharp's party of French and English buccaneers ranged up and down the western coast of South America, sacking and burning towns, capturing ships, ransoming and killing [and generally making nuisances of themselves], often quarreling among themselves, and gradually dwindling in number until it was no longer possible to carry on against the Spanish forces. Eventually the crew disintegrated under pressure from the King's navy, and Captain Sharp was killed by the Spanish at Cape Corrientes in 1697. Among his companions were William Dampier, Lionel Wafer, William Funnel, and William Hacke" (Hill 40). Sabin 79781; Wing A-4315. RARE.
AYRES, Philip (1638-1712), editor. The Voyages and Adventures of Capt. Barth. Sharp and others, in the South Sea: Being a Journal of the same. Also Capt. Van. Horn with his Buccanieres surprising of la Vera Cruz, to which is added the true Relation of Sir Henry Morgan his Expedition against the Spaniards in the East-Indies, and his taking Panama. London: R.W. for R.H. and S.T., 1684.
AYRES, Philip (1638-1712), editor. The Voyages and Adventures of Capt. Barth. Sharp and others, in the South Sea: Being a Journal of the same. Also Capt. Van. Horn with his Buccanieres surprising of la Vera Cruz, to which is added the true Relation of Sir Henry Morgan his Expedition against the Spaniards in the East-Indies, and his taking Panama. London: R.W. for R.H. and S.T., 1684. 8 o (171 x 103 mm). (Rust hole on B2 affecting a few letters, D6 trimmed narrow, some headlines and shoulder notes shaved.) 20th-century green morocco, edges gilt, by Stern and Dess (joints rubbed). FIRST EDITION. "This work is in part supplementary to the English edition of Exquemelin's Bucanier's of America , 1684, and in part a vindication of the English, especially Capt. Henry Morgan, from the aspersions of that writer... The major part of this book is the narrative of Captain [Bartholomew] Sharp. For two and one half years Sharp's party of French and English buccaneers ranged up and down the western coast of South America, sacking and burning towns, capturing ships, ransoming and killing [and generally making nuisances of themselves], often quarreling among themselves, and gradually dwindling in number until it was no longer possible to carry on against the Spanish forces. Eventually the crew disintegrated under pressure from the King's navy, and Captain Sharp was killed by the Spanish at Cape Corrientes in 1697. Among his companions were William Dampier, Lionel Wafer, William Funnel, and William Hacke" (Hill 40). Sabin 79781; Wing A-4315. RARE.
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