Simon Mascarino
Simon Mascarino | |
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Nationality | Portuguese |
Occupation | Pirate |
Years active | 1701–1721 |
Piratical career | |
Allegiance | Spanish |
Base of operations | Caribbean |
Commands | Revenge |
Simon Mascarino (fl. 1701–1721) was a Portuguese pirate active in the Caribbean. He was also a privateer in service of the Spanish.
History
Spanish guarda costa privateers had captured the sloop Revenge from the English, and in early 1721 it was captained by Simon Mascarino, a “noted villain in these parts where he has been privatier and pirate above 20 years.”[1] He had a commission from the Governor of St. Jago to cruise against English ships and settlements of Jamaica.[2] After looting a Jamaican schooner, Mascarino’s Revenge was caught by the Royal Navy’s Captain Vernon of Jamaica.[1]
Vernon wrote that Mascarino had been augmenting his crew with anyone he could find: “His crew was made up of all nations and colours.”
See also
- Admiralty court, the special venue in which Mascarino would be tried.
- Augustin Blanco and Matthew Luke, two other guarda costa privateers sought by English pirate-hunters.
References
- ^ ISBN 9780312335793. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
- ^ a b c d e Headlam, Cecil (1933). America and West Indies: June 1721, 1-15 | British History Online (June 1721, 1-15, section 527 ed.). London: His Majesty's Stationery Office. pp. 329–346. Retrieved 29 July 2017.