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In any case, as no garrison remained in Tortuga, the island is thought to have been resettled within a few months of Fuenmayor's departure, in mid- or late 1635. [13] [18] [note 10] The capture was deemed 'a complete success.' Men who distinguished themselves were honoured with mercedes, and Fuenmayor was promoted to the governorship of Venezuela.
February – An act is passed by the House of Assembly of Jamaica (An Act For the Restraining and Punishing Privateers and Pirates. ) prohibiting trade with pirates. March – Pirate hunter Thomas Pain , allegedly commissioned by Jamaican Governor Thomas Lynch , leads a group of privateers in a raid against St. Augustine, Florida however they ...
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Disease then spread amongst the inhabitants with 3,000 out of the 10,000 succumbing over the following months. Panama however was never rebuilt, so a new settlement instead was to be built under the supervision of new Governor Antonio Fernández de Córdoba, in a location approximately 5 miles (8 km) southwest of the original in 1673. [10]
Shatto purchased the island for $200,000 from the Lick estate at the height of the real estate boom in Southern California in 1887. [16] Shatto created the settlement that would become Avalon, and can be credited with building the town's first hotel, the original Hotel Metropole, and pier. [16]
Pirate democracy was flexible but unable to deal with long-term dissent from the crew. [7] One description of the ritual of the pirate's code was in Alexandre Exquemelin's Buccaneers of America, published in 1678. Pirates called a first council (which included all crew members) to decide where to get provisions. Then they raided for supplies.
Most pirates in this era were of Welsh, English, Dutch, Irish, and French origin. Many pirates came from poorer urban areas in search of a way to make money and of reprieve. London in particular was known for high unemployment, crowding, and poverty which drove people to piracy. Piracy also offered power and quick riches. [citation needed]
The original act, passed in 1819, was officially known as "An act to protect the commerce of the United States and punish the crime of piracy" (Pub. L. 15–77, 3 Stat. 510, enacted March 3, 1819), and provided in section 5, "That if any person or persons whatsoever shall, on the high seas, commit the crime of piracy, as defined by the law of nations, and such offender or offenders shall ...