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Desjean, Jean-Bernard-Louis. Baron de Pointis - Relation de l'expédition de Carthagène Relation de l'expédition de Carthagène fait Par les François MDCXCVII - Amsterdam - D'Antoine Schelte - 1698 - 15 cm - on parchment Number of pieces: 1 Pages: 6 + 192 + 1 pp. - First hand account of the French expedition to Cartagena in 1697, under the command of Baron de Pointis and with the support of some 650 buccaneers recruited in the French part of Santo Domingo. The Caribbean port fell after two weeks of fighting, thanks to an erratic Spanish defense. erratic Spanish defense. In order to avoid plunder, the governor of Cartagena negotiated with Pointis the payment of a ransom of 9 million pounds. of 9 million pounds. However, and unlike what had been agreed with them, the admiral decided not to share the booty with the buccaneers, returning to Cartagena to pay the ransom. with the buccaneers, returning to France directly without waiting for them. Frustrated, the buccaneers decided to return to Cartagena, where they carried out a systematic and violent where they carried out a systematic and violent rape of the city. The report is based on the observations of Pointis himself. The present copy is a spurious edition of the original account, which had been published the same year. It was published without the two folded maps folded maps that

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Desjean, Jean-Bernard-Louis. Baron de Pointis - Relation de

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