February 5, 1823: According to the Gaceta de Colombia via the Gaceta de Cartajena, Jean Laffite died aboard his Colombian privateer General Santander after a firefight with American or British pirate hunters off Isla de la Bahia. He was buried at sea in the Gulf of Honduras. Repos dans la paix ~
Header: Jean Laffite by N.C. Wyeth
2 comments:
Ahoy Pauline! And RIP Jean Laffite.
Indeed; literally sleeping with the fishes...
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