Francois l’olonnais

Francois l’olonnais

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  B i og r a p h y  Name: Jean David Nau known as Francois L’Olonnais  Nickname: “Fléau des Espagnols” or Flail of Spaniards  Born: Les Slables-d’Olonne, France (Western Coast) around 1635  Died: Darien Province, Panama, 1668  Pirate Type: Buccaneers  Nationality: French  Active Year: 1660-1668  Rank: Captain  Place of Operation: Caribbean, Central America
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  E a rl y L i f e  1650s --He used to be a poor man and he worked as an indentured servant and he was taken to the Caribbean when he was still in young age.  Then he joined the famous buccaneers and lived with them. He also navigate to Tortuga island where it is the French hideout.  He began his piracy act during the War of Devolution when France and Spain fought. Since then, he was famous because of his hatred of the Spanish and known as a bloodthirsty and ruthless pirate.  Firstly, he was hired to attack the Spaniards and he was really efficient in fighting.
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   As hewas able to fight fiercely, the French Government of Tortuga (Haiti) rewarded him with a ship and made him as a captain.  L’Olonnais was the one of the first buccaneers who organized land attacks.  1663 – His ship wrecks in Yucatan Peninsula and most of his crews died but he survived. Then he hide under the dead body and he changed his outfit same as the Spanish and he even freed some of French slaves.
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  Place of Operation  He was active in Caribbean Seas.  He cooperated with famous freebooters Michel le Basque, Pierre le Piccard, Moïse Vauquielin with 8 ships and 400 troops.  1667-- They sacked Maracaibo and Gibraltar Gulf of Venezuela. It was a victory for them. They torment people there to get treasures also slaves from that city.
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  D e at h  1668– It was the final raid that happened in San Jose River, Nicaragua when he was going to attack the Spanish. However his ship was wrecked so he used small raft to attack. In which it ended by him was captured by the native Indian tribes in the Gulf Darien.  Finally he dead because he was burned alive, cooked, and even being eaten by those Indian people.
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  T r ea s u r e s  He buried treasure that is worth 4,000 gold.  He also captured 260,000 pieces of eight as well as large amounts of silver plate, silk and jewels  In Maracaibo, he captured a ship with cocoa beans, gemstone, and more than 260,000 Spanish dollars.
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  MLA Citation Minster, Christopher. "Biography of Francois L’Olonnais." About Education. Latin American History, n.d.Web. 14 Oct. 2014. http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/od/Pirates/p/Biography-Of- Francois-L-Olonnais.htm  Thompson, Ben. "François L'Olonnais." Badass of the Week. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Oct. 2014. http://www.badassoftheweek.com/lollonais.html  Ossian, Robbert. "François L'Olonnais." The Pirate King. N.p., n.d.Web. 14 Oct. 2014. http://www.thepirateking.com/bios/lolonnais_francois.htm  "François L'Olonnais." Wikipedia. Wikipedia, 16 July 2014. Web. 14 Oct. 2014. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/François_l'Olonnais