Alexandre Exquemelin
Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin, John Esquemeling or Oexmelin, (* 1645, † around 1707) is the author of " De Americaensche Zee - Rovers " ( German: The American privateer; Amsterdam, Jan ten Hoorn, 1678).
The first German -language edition will be published a year later with Christoph bar in Nuremberg under the title " The America niche Lake Raider ". 1681 appears in Cologne, the first Spanish edition, 1684 in London, the first English and 1686, in Paris an expanded French edition. A modern German edition is entitled " The Pirate book of 1678 - The American privateer ".
Exquemelins report is one of the most important sources for pirate beings of the 17th century, it quickly after the first publication of a bestseller and is published today in numerous editions in all European languages .
Origin
Exquemelin probably comes from the French port town of Honfleur. After his return from the Caribbean, he settled in Holland, possibly because he is a Huguenot, a member of a faith community, followed at that time in France. On behalf of the French West India company of 1666 Exquemelin goes to Tortuga (Île de la Tortue ) and remains there for three years in the service of society. Then it is even filibusters, probably hires as surgeon and surgeon to 1672 under different Kaperkapitänen and thus reported first-hand, including the conquest of the city of Panama by the pirate Henry Morgan. Later Exquemelin versa at least once more back in the Caribbean Sea. In a privateer attack against Cartagena in 1697 his name appears on the muster roll.
Works
- The Pirate Book of 1678th [ According to ancient translations of the book The American privateer re-edited by Reinhard spring man. ] Tübingen, Erdmann, 1968.
- De Zee - Roovers Americaensche The Dutch original edition of 1678 in full text on Gallica.
- The African lake america robber Dtspr. Translation of 1679 at the Library of Congress.