Francois l’olonnais

Pirates

1. Francois L’Olonnais Pandu Ekoyudho Adv History October 2014

2. Biography 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

3. Early Life 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.

4. As he was 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.

5. Place of Operation He was active in Caribbean Seas. He cooperated with famous freebooters Michel le Basque, Pierre le Piccard, Moïse V auquielin 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.

6. Death 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.

7. Treasures 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.

8. 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