Histoire véritable de certains voyages périlleux et hasardeux sur la mer, 1599

"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.