Seafaring Sunday: A Death Forgotten

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