Raleigh, Sir Walter, 34, 40, 41, 47, 89

Rancherias (New Granada), 16, 40

Rausset, Sieur de, see Deschamps

Raynal, Guillaume, Thomas-François, 283

Red Sea, pirates in, see Pirates

Rhode Island, 223, 251, 271

Rich, Henry, Earl of Holland, 59

" Robert, Earl of Warwick, 50 and n., 52

Rio Garta, 138

Rio de la Hacha (New Granada), 38, 40, 44, 93, 98 n., 161, 232, 267

Rio Nuevo (Jamaica), 91

Riskinner, Captain Nicholas (Governor of Tortuga), 62

Rivero Pardal, Manuel, 159, 161

Roanoke Island (Carolina), 47

Roatan Island, 76, 138

Robertson, William, 285

Rogers, Captain Thomas (buccaneer), 174 n.

Ronquillo, Don Pedro, 223 n., 243

Row, Captain (buccaneer), 224

Roxas de Valle-Figueroa, Don Gabriel, 82-83

Ruyter, Admiral Michel-Adriaanszoon van, 129

Ryswick, treaty of, 266 n.

Saba, 129, 130 and n.

St. Augustine (Florida), 238, 251, 252

St. Christopher, see St. Kitts

St. Eustatius, 48, 67, 129, 130 and n., 133, 143

St. Jago de Cuba, 21, 42, 44, 91, 100, 104-6, 108 n., 109, 145, 159, etc.

" de la Vega (Jamaica), 50, 85, 86, 234, 237 n.

" de los Cavalleros (Hispaniola), 114-15, 258

St. Kitts, 47, 48, 50, 54, 56, 58, 60, 63, 67, 80, etc.

St. Laurent, Mons. de, 244, 247 n.

St. Malo, corsairs of, 48

St. Martins, 130

St. Thomas, 235-7

Salisbury, Earl of, see Cecil, Robert

Samana, 77 n.

Samballas Islands, 228 n.

"Samson," 36 n.

Sancti Spiritus (Cuba), 134, 135 and n.

San Domingo, city of, 9 n., 21, 22, 35, 37, 38, 39, 42, 43, 60, 86, etc.

" French, see Hispaniola

Sandwich, Earl of, see Montagu, Edward

San Juan de Porto Rico, 21, 40, 41, 49

" d'Ulloa, see Vera Cruz

" River (Nicaragua), 16, 136, 138, 162

San Lorenzo, castle of (Chagre), 164-8, 170 n., 193, 194 and n.

San Lucar, 11, 13, 15, 20

Santa Catalina, see Providence Island

Santa Cruz, 20, 48, 56, 117

Santa Marta (New Granada), 15, 40, 44, 93, 97, 161, 219-20, 226, 267

Santa Marta de la Vitoria (Tabasco), 139 n.

" Tomas (Orinoco), 111, 222

Sasi Arnoldo, Don Christopher, 91, 105

"Satisfaction," 156 n.

Sawkins, Captain (buccaneer), 225, 226

Scaliger, Joseph-Juste, 28

Scelle, Georges, 3, 285

Searle, Daniel (Governor of Barbadoes), 85 n.

Searles, Captain Robert (buccaneer), 122, 131

Sedgwick, Major-General Robert, 96, 104

Seignelay, Marquis de, see Colbert

Seville, 11, 22, 26, 54, 103, 106, 109, 159 n., 207, etc.

Sharp, Captain Bartholomew (buccaneer), 223, 224, 225 n., 228, 229, 245

Shirley, Sir Anthony, 85

"Sloop-trade," 27

Smart, Captain (buccaneer), 273

Smith, Major Samuel, 137, 139, 140

Sore, Jacques, 42, 45

Southey, Thomas, 283

Spain, colonial laws, 5, 10, 12, 13, 24

" colonial system, 1 ff.

" commercial system, 6-13

" cruelties to English mariners, 29, 53-54, 88, 89 n., 207

" cruelties to Indians, 4, 9, 10, 32, 33, 89 n.

" decline of, 1 ff., 46

" discovery and exploration in South America, 2-3

" exclusion of foreigners from Spanish Indies, 24

" privateers of, 207, 211 and n.

" trade relations with England, 101-104

" treaty of 1667 with England, 141

" " 1670 with England, 196-7, 200, 209

" truce of 1609 with the Netherlands, see Netherlands

" venality of Spanish colonial governors, 26 n.

" weakness of Spanish ships, 23

Spragge, Captain, R.N., 254

Stanley, Captain (buccaneer), 140

Stapleton, Sir William (Governor of Leeward Islands), 234, 236, 237

Stedman, Captain (buccaneer), 131 and n.

Style, John, 153 n.

Tabasco River, 138, 139 n.

Tavoga Island, 179, 188

Tavogilla Island, 179, 188

Taylor, John, 102

Terrier, Jean, 42

Thibault, 81-82, 83 n.

Thomas, Dalby, 33

Thornbury, Walter, 284

Thurloe, John (Secretary of State), 104

Thurston, Captain (buccaneer), 201

Tobago, 15, 48, 67, 131, 268

Toledo, Don Federico de, 54, 58

Tolu (New Granada), 97, 267

Tortola, 130

Tortuga, 2, 55, 58-66, 69, 70, 73, 77, 80, 81, 113, etc.

Trade, clandestine, see Clandestine trade

Treasure fleets, 13-24, 31, 85; cf. also Flota and Galleons

Treval, Mons. de, 82

Trinidad, 2, 15, 32 n., 46, 131, 222

"Trompense, La," 233-36, 238 n., 248, 249, 251 n.

" La Nouvelle," 236 n.

Truxillo (Honduras), 21, 22, 50, 77, 138, 222

Turrialva (Costa Rica), 136

Utrecht, Treaty of, 272

Vache, Isle la, see Isle la Vache

Vaisseaux de registre, 11, 22 and n.

Vaissière, Pierre de, 284

Valladolid (Yucatan), 210

Valle-Figueroa, Don Gabriel Roxas de, see Roxas de Valle-Figueroa

Van Horn, Captain Nicholas (buccaneer), 241-43, 248

Vaughan, John, Lord (Governor of Jamaica), 205, 211, 212-22, 232

Venables, General Robert, 85 and n., 86, 87, 88, 89, 96, 113

Venezuela, 16, 23, 156

Venta Cruz (Darien), 17 n., 164, 170 n., 174 and n., 177 n., 192 n., 193

Vera Cruz (New Spain), 11, 12 n., 14, 21, 22, 38, 49, 103, 109, 111, etc., 241

Veragua, 136 and n.

Vernon, Admiral Edward, 195

Verpre, Captain (buccaneer), 274

Vervins, Treaty of, 48

Viande boucannée, 66

Vigneron, Captain (buccaneer), 274

Villa de Mosa (Tabasco), 138 and n.

Villalba y Toledo, Don Francisco de, 77

Villars, Marquis de, 9 n.

Virgin Islands, 40, 235, 236

Virginia, 47, 51, 54, 112, 129, 201, 207, 272

War between England and France, 1666-67, 131, 141

War between England and Netherlands, 1665-67, 127-41

War between France and Netherlands, 1674-78, 219 ff.

War of the Spanish Succession, 271-72

" Succession of the Palatinate, 258 ff.

Watson, Sir Francis, 257

Watts, Elias (Governor of Tortuga), 114, 116 and n., 117

Watts, Colonel William (Governor of St. Kitts), 130 n.

Weiss, Charles, 285

West Indies, see Indies, West

Whitstone, Sir Thomas (buccaneer), 140, 273

Wilgress, Captain, 201

William III., King of England, 257, 258

Williams, Captain John, alias Yankey (buccaneer), 235, 254 n., 274

" Captain Morris (buccaneer), 122 and n.

Williamson, Sir Joseph (Secretary of State), 213 n., 217

Willoughby, William, Lord (Governor of Barbadoes), 131

Wilmot, Commodore Robert, 261

Windebank, Sir Francis (Secretary of State), 53

Windsor, Thomas, Lord (Governor of Jamaica), 97, 101 and n., 104, 105, 106-7, 111, 117, 118, 137

Winslow, Edward (Commissioner of Jamaica), 85 n.

Winter, Sir William, 40

Witherborn, Captain Francis (buccaneer), 202

Wormeley, Captain Christopher (Governor of Tortuga), 59, 62 and n.

Yallahs, Captain (buccaneer) 201, 211

"Yankey," see Williams, Captain John

Yucatan, 2, 23, 82 n., 208, 210, 211

Zuniga, Don Pedro de, 51