Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haife shi a kusa da 1645, yana yiwuwa Exquemelin dan asalin Honfleur ne, Faransa, wanda a dawowarsa daga buccaneering ya zauna a Holland, mai yiwuwa saboda shi Huguenot ne. A shekara ta 1666 Kamfanin Kamfanin Yammacin Indiya na Faransa ya yi aiki da shi kuma ya tafi Tortuga, inda ya yi aiki a matsayin bawa na shekaru uku. A can ya yi rajista tare da buccaneers, musamman tare da ƙungiyar Henry Morgan, wanda amintacce ne shi, mai yiwuwa a matsayin mai aski-likita, kuma ya kasance tare da su har zuwa 1674. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka ya koma Turai kuma ya zauna a Amsterdam inda ya cancanci ƙwarewa a matsayin likitan tiyata, sunansa ya bayyana a cikin rajista na 1679 na Dutch Surgeons 'Guild. Duk da haka, daga baya ya sake kasancewa a cikin Caribbean kamar yadda sunansa ya bayyana a kan jerin sunayen likitoci a harin Cartagena
a shekara ta 1697.