1st Edition
The Memoirs of Pere Labat, 1693-1705 First English Translation
By Jean Baptiste
Copyright 1970
262 Pages
by
Routledge
262 Pages
by
Routledge
262 Pages
by
Routledge
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During his stay in the West Indies as a Dominican missionary, pere Labat was able to observe buccaneers and their ships. His adventures in this turbulent period are varied, but it is in the descriptions of the lives of the different races that the value of his memoirs resides.
The departure from France; the voyage to Martinique; filibusters; Pere Romanet and two ladies; Pere XXX; a murder and its punishment; a picnic; slaves, agents and interlopers; the diablotin; a plantation feud; Carib Indians; a Carib carbet; Dominica Caribs; voyage to Barbados - Grenada, St. Vincent and St. Lucia; voyage to San Domingo - St. Kitts - Pere Cabasson's monkey; contraband; hunters; capture of Labat by Spaniards; St. Thomas; Saba; General Codrington; a commis du domaine; Captain Daniel - pirate; two incidents in the fighting at Guadeloupe; l'abbe Signier; Captain Daniel - filibuster; Labat's departure from Martinique and arrival at Cadiz.
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