The last of his published works, History of the Buccaneers of
America, published in 1816, is Burney's historical account of the
Spanish, English, and French expansion in the New World. In it, he
takes a harsh look at those "miscreants" from his own country who
took up arms against the Spanish explorers for glory, revenge, and
gold and stole treasures from the native people. Far from
hagiographic, Burney is highly critical of his countrymen's loose
morality: he hoped to produce an account that was far more truthful
than any previous attempt. Anyone interested in history and the age
of explorers will be fascinated by these little-known stories of
the day-to-day discovery of the Americas. Englishman JAMES BURNEY
(1759-1821) was a rear admiral in the British Royal Navy. He
traveled with the famous Captain Cook and wrote a handful of books
about the exploration of various parts of the world, including his
most famous, Chronological History of the Voyages and Discoveries
in the South Sea or Pacific Ocean (1803).
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