Note 17 — Chapter XIII · IN THE TRACK OF PLATE-FLEETS AND BUCCANEERS
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Thus Esquemeling tells us that Morgan’s fleet, before his raid on Maracaibo, was, by order of the governor of Jamaica, strengthened by the addition of an English vessel of thirty-six guns. This was done to give the ruthless Buccaneer “greater courage to attempt mighty things.” Op. cit., p. 147. ↑