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French Pirates: Jean Lafitte, Jean Bart, Hippolyte de Bouchard, John Ordronaux, Olivier Levasseur, Pierre Lafitte, Tybalt Rosembraise

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Description:Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: Jean Lafitte, Jean Bart, Hippolyte de Bouchard, John Ordronaux, Olivier Levasseur, Pierre Lafitte, Tybalt Rosembraise, Jean-Francois Roberval, Francois l'Olonnais, Daniel Montbars, Eustace the Monk, Louis-Michel Aury, Alexandre Exquemelin, Pierre le Picard, Anne Dieu-le-Veut, Jacques de Sores, Michel de Grammont, Moise Vauquelin, Dominique You, Raveneau de Lussan, Francois le Clerc, Leonard Le-Bec, Jean du Casse, Jacques Tavernier, Pierre le Grand, Philippe Bequel, Louis Guittar, Emanuel Wynn, Jean-Francois Hodoul, Jean Bontemps, Bernard Desjean, Baron de Pointis, John Baptist Collins, Montauband, Jacquotte Delahaye. Excerpt: Jean Lafitte (ca. 1776 - ca. 1823) was a pirate and privateer in the Gulf of Mexico in the early 19th century. He and his elder brother, Pierre, spelled their last name Laffite, but English-language documents of the time used "Lafitte," and this is the commonly seen spelling in the United States, including for places named for him. Lafitte is believed to have been born either in France or the French colony of Saint-Domingue. By 1805, he operated a warehouse in New Orleans to help disperse the goods smuggled by his brother Pierre Lafitte. After the United States government passed the Embargo Act of 1807, the Lafittes moved their operations to an island in Barataria Bay. By 1810, their new port was very successful; the Lafittes pursued a successful smuggling operation and also started to engage in piracy. Though Lafitte tried to warn Barataria of a British attack, the American authorities successfully invaded in 1814 and captured most of Lafitte's fleet. In return for a pardon, Lafitte helped General Andrew Jackson defend New Orleans against the British in 1815. The Lafittes then became spies for the Spanish and moved to Galveston Island, which they called Campeche, where they developed the colon...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with French Pirates: Jean Lafitte, Jean Bart, Hippolyte de Bouchard, John Ordronaux, Olivier Levasseur, Pierre Lafitte, Tybalt Rosembraise. To get started finding French Pirates: Jean Lafitte, Jean Bart, Hippolyte de Bouchard, John Ordronaux, Olivier Levasseur, Pierre Lafitte, Tybalt Rosembraise, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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2011
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French Pirates: Jean Lafitte, Jean Bart, Hippolyte de Bouchard, John Ordronaux, Olivier Levasseur, Pierre Lafitte, Tybalt Rosembraise

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Description: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: Jean Lafitte, Jean Bart, Hippolyte de Bouchard, John Ordronaux, Olivier Levasseur, Pierre Lafitte, Tybalt Rosembraise, Jean-Francois Roberval, Francois l'Olonnais, Daniel Montbars, Eustace the Monk, Louis-Michel Aury, Alexandre Exquemelin, Pierre le Picard, Anne Dieu-le-Veut, Jacques de Sores, Michel de Grammont, Moise Vauquelin, Dominique You, Raveneau de Lussan, Francois le Clerc, Leonard Le-Bec, Jean du Casse, Jacques Tavernier, Pierre le Grand, Philippe Bequel, Louis Guittar, Emanuel Wynn, Jean-Francois Hodoul, Jean Bontemps, Bernard Desjean, Baron de Pointis, John Baptist Collins, Montauband, Jacquotte Delahaye. Excerpt: Jean Lafitte (ca. 1776 - ca. 1823) was a pirate and privateer in the Gulf of Mexico in the early 19th century. He and his elder brother, Pierre, spelled their last name Laffite, but English-language documents of the time used "Lafitte," and this is the commonly seen spelling in the United States, including for places named for him. Lafitte is believed to have been born either in France or the French colony of Saint-Domingue. By 1805, he operated a warehouse in New Orleans to help disperse the goods smuggled by his brother Pierre Lafitte. After the United States government passed the Embargo Act of 1807, the Lafittes moved their operations to an island in Barataria Bay. By 1810, their new port was very successful; the Lafittes pursued a successful smuggling operation and also started to engage in piracy. Though Lafitte tried to warn Barataria of a British attack, the American authorities successfully invaded in 1814 and captured most of Lafitte's fleet. In return for a pardon, Lafitte helped General Andrew Jackson defend New Orleans against the British in 1815. The Lafittes then became spies for the Spanish and moved to Galveston Island, which they called Campeche, where they developed the colon...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with French Pirates: Jean Lafitte, Jean Bart, Hippolyte de Bouchard, John Ordronaux, Olivier Levasseur, Pierre Lafitte, Tybalt Rosembraise. To get started finding French Pirates: Jean Lafitte, Jean Bart, Hippolyte de Bouchard, John Ordronaux, Olivier Levasseur, Pierre Lafitte, Tybalt Rosembraise, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
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Publisher
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Release
2011
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1155354311

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