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Page 57
... pirates who still infested the Gulf of Mexico and nearly ruined the Jamaica trade of those days . Naturally enough , we had talked of the mysterious town in which the pirates were supposed to have their headquarters . " I know no more ...
... pirates who still infested the Gulf of Mexico and nearly ruined the Jamaica trade of those days . Naturally enough , we had talked of the mysterious town in which the pirates were supposed to have their headquarters . " I know no more ...
Page 58
... pirates , as you English say , or Mexican privateers , as the Havana authorities say . I do not very much care . Basta , what I know is that every week some ship with a letter of marque steals one of my consignments , and I lose many ...
... pirates , as you English say , or Mexican privateers , as the Havana authorities say . I do not very much care . Basta , what I know is that every week some ship with a letter of marque steals one of my consignments , and I lose many ...
Page 60
... pirates in the Gulf of Mexico . There was one in particular , a certain El Demonio or Diableto , who practically ... pirate whom they could not catch at sea , and who lived at the bottom of a bottle- necked creek with tooth rocks all ...
... pirates in the Gulf of Mexico . There was one in particular , a certain El Demonio or Diableto , who practically ... pirate whom they could not catch at sea , and who lived at the bottom of a bottle- necked creek with tooth rocks all ...
Page 72
... pirates were hanged at Port Royal Point . I had never seen a hanging , and a man who hadn't was rare in those days . I wanted to keep out of the way , but it was impossible to get a boatman to row me off to the Lion . They were all ...
... pirates were hanged at Port Royal Point . I had never seen a hanging , and a man who hadn't was rare in those days . I wanted to keep out of the way , but it was impossible to get a boatman to row me off to the Lion . They were all ...
Page 73
... pirates ; very wild - eyed , very ragged , dust - stained , weather - beaten , begrimed till they had the colour of unpolished mahogany . Clinging still to each other as they stood beneath the dangling ropes of the long beam , they had ...
... pirates ; very wild - eyed , very ragged , dust - stained , weather - beaten , begrimed till they had the colour of unpolished mahogany . Clinging still to each other as they stood beneath the dangling ropes of the long beam , they had ...
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