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Despite being outnumbered, the pirates slaughtered 500 soldiers of Gibraltar's garrison and held the city for ransom. Despite the payment of the ransom (20,000 pieces of eight and five hundred cattle), l'Olonnais continued to ransack the city, acquiring a total of 260,000 pieces of eight, gems, silverware, and silks, as well as a number of slaves.
Jean Lafitte (c. 1780 – c. 1823) was a French pirate and privateer who operated in the Gulf of Mexico in the early 19th century. He and his older brother Pierre spelled their last name Laffite, but English language documents of the time used "Lafitte". This has become the common spelling in the United States, including places named after him.
Pages in category "French pirates" The following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Louis-Michel Aury; B.
A French-Breton pirate. She raided French towns and ships in the English Channel. John Crabbe: d. 1352: 1305–1332 Flanders: Flemish pirate known for his successful use of a ship-mounted catapult. Once won the favor of Robert the Bruce and acted as a naval officer for England during the Hundred Years' War (after being captured by King Edward III.)
Image credits: Culture Club / Getty Images #3 Blackbeard. Edward Teach, known as Blackbeard, is perhaps one of history’s most fearsome and famous pirates. Unsurprisingly, Teach sported a braided ...
Gravestone traditionally attributed to La Buse (Olivier Levasseur) in Saint-Paul, Réunion. Olivier Levasseur (1688, 1689, or 1690 – 7 July 1730), was a French pirate, nicknamed La Buse ("The Buzzard") or La Bouche ("The Mouth") in his early days for the speed and ruthlessness with which he always attacked his enemies as well as his ability to verbally attack his opponents.
Robert Surcouf, French, 1773–1827; John Goodrich (1722-1785), Loyalist privateer in the American Revolution; David McCullough, colonial United States, 1777-1778; Jean Gaspard Vence, French, –1783; Joseph Barss, Colonial Nova Scotia, 1776–1824; Jean Lafitte 1776–1854, French Louisiana hero in the Gulf of Mexico
Anne "Dieu-Le-Veut" de Graaf [1] also called Marie-Anne or Marianne (28 August 1661 – 11 January 1710) [2] was a French pirate. Alongside Jacquotte Delahaye, she was one of very few female buccaneers. [3] While Delahaye was likely fictional, [4] [1] Dieu-le-Veut was real; however, many of her exploits are inventions of later writers. [5]