Title: Histoire véritable de certains voyages périlleux et hasardeux sur la mer, 1599
First published: 1996
Description: "Welcome reprint of one of the oldest sets of narratives (eight short texts) of French voyages to the Caribbean in late 1500s. The author, a captain operating from La Rochelle, describes the islands, his privateering raids and encounters with the Caribs, and his trade along the European Atlantic Coast"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Subjects: Early works to 1800, Voyages and travels, Navigation, History
Places: La Rochelle, France
LC classification: G460 .B87 1996