The Monarchs of the Main; Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers. Volume 2 (of 3)

· 1876

Son of a farmer--Runs to sea--Turns Buccaneer--Joins Mansvelt, and takes the Island of St. Catherine--Mansvelt dies--St. Catherine retaken by the Spaniards--Takes Port-au-Prince--Quarrel of French and English Buccaneers about a marrow-bone--Takes Porto Bello--Captures _Le Cerf Volant_, a French vessel--It blows up--Takes Maracaibo--City deserted--Tortures an Idiot--Le Picard--Storms Gibraltar--Also deserted--Tortures the Citizens--With a Fire-ship destroys Spanish fleet, and repasses the Bar--Escapes by stratagem--Rancheria expedition--Sails for Panama--Captain Bradley takes the Castle of Chagres--Anecdote of wounded Buccaneer. Morgan's campaigns furnish one of the amplest chapters of Bucca…

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