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Jacques de Sores was a French pirate and corsair who attacked and burnt Havana, Cuba in 1555.. Other than his attack on Havana, little is known of de Sores. He was nicknamed "The Exterminating Angel" ("L'Ange Exterminateur"). [1]
16th century 1555 France A French pirate whose sole documented act was his attack and burning of Havana in 1555. Matsura Takanobu: 1529–1599 Japan: One of the most powerful feudal lords of Kyūshū and one of the first lords to allow trading with Europeans Guillaume Le Testu: 1509–1573 1560s–1570s France French privateer, explorer and ...
François or Francis Le Clerc (died 1563), also known as "Jambe de Bois" ("Peg Leg"), was a 16th-century French privateer, originally from Normandy. He is credited as the first pirate in the modern era to have a "peg leg". He was often the first to board an enemy vessel during an attack or raid.
According to Robert Davis, [29] [30] between 1 million and 1.25 million Europeans were captured by Barbary pirates and sold as slaves in Northern Africa between the 16th and 19th centuries. Barbary pirates flourished in the early 17th century as new sailing rigs by Simon de Danser enabled North African raiders, for the first time, to brave the ...
French female pirates (3 P) French privateers (1 C, 60 P) Pages in category "French pirates" The following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 total.
16th; 17th; 18th; 19th; 20th; 21st; Subcategories. ... Pages in category "16th-century pirates" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
By acting on behalf of the French Crown, if captured by the enemy, they could in principle claim treatment as prisoners of war, instead of being considered pirates. Because corsairs gained a swashbuckling reputation, the word "corsair" is also used generically as a more romantic or flamboyant way of referring to privateers, or even to pirates.
Henry Morgan's Panama expedition, also known as The Sack of Panama was a military expedition in which English privateers and French pirates commanded by Buccaneer Henry Morgan launched an attack with an army of 1,400 men with the purpose of capturing the rich Spanish city of Panama off the Pacific coast between 16 December 1670 and 5 March 1671 during the later stage of the Anglo-Spanish War.