Pirates of America. Excemelin A.O.

Alexander Olivier Excemelin (c. 1645-1707)-writer, traveler, physician who served in the French West Indies company. In 1666, he sailed on one of its ships to the Antilles and in seven years spent far from the house, found himself in the most incredible alterations. Among them - participation in one of the campaigns of the famous pirate Henry Morgan. The book “Pirates of America” is a lively testimony of the top of the era, when the filibusters became a thunderstorm of the seas, and their customs and the history of the battles began to grow with legends. Alexander O. Excemelin tells how respectable inhabitants became pirates, how the traffic was preparing for landing and how the pirates took possession of whole cities.