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José Gaspar as illustrated in the 1900 brochure. José Gaspar, also known by his nickname Gasparilla (supposedly lived c. 1756 – 1821), is a mythical Spanish pirate who supposedly terrorized the Gulf of Mexico from his base in southwest Florida during Florida's second Spanish period (1783 to 1821).
Social media reacts to this year's 'pirate invasion' in Florida. Milania Giudice, daughter of Teresa Giudice of "Real Housewives of New Jersey" fame, enjoying Gasparilla 2025.
A pirate based out of New Orleans, he was an associate of Jean Lafitte. José Gaspar (Gasparilla) 1756–1821 1783–1821 Spain Spanish naval officer who turned to piracy and operated from a base in southwest Florida.
John Hopkin Ashley (March 19, 1888 – November 1, 1924) was an American outlaw, bank robber, bootlegger, and occasional pirate active in southern Florida during the 1910s and 1920s. Between 1915 and 1924, the self-styled "King of the Everglades" or "Swamp Bandit" operated from various hideouts in the Florida Everglades.
Those who conduct acts of piracy are called pirates, and vessels used for piracy are called pirate ships. The earliest documented instances of piracy were in the 14th century BC, when the Sea Peoples , a group of ocean raiders, attacked the ships of the Aegean and Mediterranean civilisations.
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Pirate land bases such as the underwater section of Port Royal, Jamaica; [61] the Spanish part of St Augustine; [62] and Old Panama [5] (the site of Henry Morgan's 1670 raid) have been analyzed to provide additional information about pirates and their interactions with the rest of the Atlantic world.