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Pirates of New Spain, 1575-1742
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Captivating, well-documented study focuses on piracy among Spain's Pacific coast colonies, ranging from Panama to points north. Gerhard traces the exploits of the Elizabethan pirates — most notably, Sir Francis Drake and the crew of the Golden Hind —Dutch raiders, mercenary buccaneers like Captain Morgan, and the incursions of English smugglers.
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ACAJUTLA
Acaponeta
Acapulco ; description and history; fortification; map; visited by Speilbergen; Nassau fleet; Townley; Anson
AcatlƔn
Aguirre, Martin de
Alcalde mayor
Alvarez de Rosales, Pedro
Alzola, TomƔs de
Amapala, Bay of ; visited by Davis; Grogniet; le Picard; Dampier; Clipperton,; Shelvocke
āAmsterdamā
AndrƩs, Cornelio
Angulo, Fernando de
Anian, Straits of
Anson, George
Arellano, Alonso de
Armada de Barlovento
Armada de la Mar del Sur
Arriola, AndrƩs de
Asiento
Atondo y AntillĆ³n, Isidro
AutlƔn
BALBOA, Vasco NuƱez de
Banderas Bay ; visited by Swan and Townley; Frondat; French traders
Barahona, Jacinto de
Basque pirates
āBatchelorās Delightā.
āBegoƱaā
Black Anthony
Brouwer, Hendrick
Buccaneers
Butler, John
āCACAFUEGOā
Cacao
Caldera, Bay of
Calendar: Gregorian
California, Lower; visited by Cavendish; Tres MarĆas pirates; Rogers; Shelvocke,; Cochrane
California, Upper; visited by Drake
Callao
CaƱete, Battle of
CaƱo Island
Cardona, NicolƔs de
Carvajal, Luis de
Castillo, Antonio del
Cavallos, AgustĆn de
Cavendish, Thomas
Cedros Island
Centeno, Diego
āCenturionā
Chacala Cove
Chamela Bay
Chametla
Charpes, Captain
ChepĆ³
ChequetƔn: see Zihuatanejo
āChichlyā
Chile: visited by Drake; Cavendish; Swarthy Tony, ; Dutch colony; visit of Narbrough; buccaneers; French traders; Rogers; Shelvocke,; Anson
China trade; articles of trade; value of cargo; extension of contraband to Peru See also Manila galleon
Chinandega
ChiriquĆ
āCinque-portsā
Clipperton, John
Clipperton Island
Cochrane, Thomas
Cocos Island; visited by de Lint; Eaton, ; Davis; Charpes; Clipperton
Coiba Island; visited by de Lint; buccaneers, ; Clipperton; Shelvocke; Anson
Colima
Commerce; Dutch trade attempts,; monopoly of French in Pacific; monopoly of English in Atlantic. See also China trade
Communications: trails; routes across Central America
Compagnie Royale de la Mer du Sud
Compostela
āContentā
Contraband trade; with Chinese merchandise
Cook, Edmund
Cooke, Edward
Copala.
Copalita River
Cordes, Simon de
Corinto
Corrientes, Cape
CortƩs, HernƔn
Cost of living
Costa Rica
Courtney, Stephen
āCovadongaā
Cowley, William Ambrosia
Cox, John
Coxon, John
Culebra Bay
CuliacƔn
āCygnetā
āDAINTYā
Dampier, William
Davis, Edward
Davis, John.
Defense fleets: in New Spain; in Guatemala; in Panama See also Armada del Barlovento; Armada de la Mar del Sur
Desaguadero
āDesireā
Desmarais, Captain
Disease: epidemic; see also scurvy
Dover, Thomas
āDragonā
Drake, Francis
āDuchessā
āDukeā
Dulce Gulf
Dutch East India Company
Dutch pirates
Dutch West India Company
EATON, John
Elizabeth I
Elizabethan pirates
āEncarnacionā
England: commercial monopoly in Atlantic
Epidemic disease
Esparza
FARALLONES
FernĆ”ndez de CĆ³rdoba, Melchor
Flemish pirates
Fonseca, Gulf of: see Amapala
Food: see victualing
Fortifications; at Acapulco; at Granada; at Ometepec; at PanamĆ”; at Pueblo Nuevo, ; at Realejo; at Straits of Magellan
French pirates
Frondat, Nicolas de
Funnell, William
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS
Gallardillo
GƔlvez, JosƩ de
GarcĆa de Palacio, Diego
Gennes, Jean-Baptiste de
German pirates
āGloucesterā
Gold mines
āGolden Hindā
Golden Island
Gouin (Sieur de Beauchesne), Jacques
Granada; sacked by pirates
Gregorian calendar
Grogniet, Francois
āGroote Maaneā
āGroote Sonneā
Guadalajara, audiencia of
Guatemala, audiencia of
Guatulco; description and history; map; visited by Drake; Cavendish; Speilbergen buccaneers
Guayaquil
Guaymas
Guns : see weapons
G...
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- I - The West Coast of New Spain
- II - Elizabethan Pirates
- III - The Pechelingues
- IV - The Buccaneers
- V - English Privateers and Smugglers
- VI - The Last Pirates
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index