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On the Spanish Main, by John Masefield
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Title: On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien.
Author: John Masefield
Release Date: September 28, 2006 [EBook #19396]
Language: English
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[Illustration: CAPTAIN WILLIAM DAMPIER]
ON THE SPANISH MAIN
OR, SOME ENGLISH FORAYS ON THE ISTHMUS OF DARIEN. WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE BUCCANEERS AND A SHORT ACCOUNT OF OLD-TIME SHIPS AND SAILORS
BY
JOHN MASEFIELD
WITH TWENTY-TWO ILLUSTRATIONS AND A MAP
METHUEN & CO. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON
First Published in 1906
THE RIVERSIDE PRESS LIMITED, EDINBURGH.
TO
JACK B. YEATS
CHAPTER I
PAGE DRAKE'S VOYAGE TO THE WE