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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




CONTENTS


                              CHAPTER I
                                                                  PAGE
  DRAKE'S VOYAGE TO THE WEST INDIES                        