dies. The object of this volume, therefore, is
not only to give a narrative, according to the most authentic, available
sources, of the more brilliant exploits of these sea-rovers, but, what
is of greater interest and importance, to trace the policy pursued
toward them by the English and French Governments.

The "Buccaneers in the West Indies" was presented as a thesis to the
Board of Modern History of Oxford University in May 1909 to fulfil the
requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Letters. It was written under
the supervision of C.H. Firth, Regius Professor of Modern History in
Oxford, and to him the writer owes a lasting debt of gratitude for his
unfailing aid and sympathy during the course of preparation.

C.H.H.

Oxford, 1910

CONTENTS

Preface

CHAP. PAGE

I. Introductory--
Part I.--The Spanish Colonial System 1
Part II.--The Freebooters of the Sixteenth Century 28
II. The Beginnings of the Buccaneers 57
III. The Conquest of Jamaica 85
IV. Tortuga, 1655-1664 113
V. Porto Bello and Panama 120
VI. The Government Suppresses the Buccaneers 200
VII. The Buccaneers Turn Pirate 232
Appendices 273-74
Bibliography 275
Index 289

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Map of the West Indies _Frontispiece_
From Charlevoix' _Histoire de S. Domingue_.

FACING PAGE

Spanish Periagua 1

From Exquemelin's _Histoire des Aventuriers Trevoux_,
1744.

Buccaneer Vessels 76

From Exquemelin's _Histoire des Aventuriers Trevoux_,
1744.

A Correct Map of Jamaica 85

From the _Royal Magazine_, 1760.

Map of San Domingo 86

From Charlevoix' _Histoire de S. Domingue_.

Plan of the Bay and Town of Portobelo 154

From Prevost d'Exiles' _Voyages_.

The Isthmus of Darien 164

From Exquelmelin's _Bucaniers_, 1684-5.

'The Battel between the Spaniards and the
pyrats or Buccaniers before the Citty of
Panama' 166

From Exquemelin's _Bucaniers of America_, 1684-5.

Plan of Vera-Cruz 242

From Charlevoix' _Histoire de S. Domingue_, 1730.

Plan of the Town and Roadstead of Cartegena
and of the Forts 2