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In the spring of 1686, 500 pirates gathered at Ilum-Werhays, the northernmost point on the Yucatan Peninsula.

There were seven vessels ranging from the Neptune frigate down to single-masted Pariagwas,

and they all rallied behind Lorho, Cornelis, Bodwain de Graf.

Five hundred pirates was nothing to scoff at, but this was a shadow of what de Graff might have rallied only a year ago.

Michael Andrezon, his longtime comrade and top lieutenant, was not there.

Jan Willems, one of the most feared rovers in the world, was busy hiding out in Carolina.

Michelle de Gremen was currently on his way across the Atlantic, but that was a voyage from which he would not return.

Those three captains had, for years, served as DeGraff's top men.

Of course, Buckinear Society wasn't exactly regimented like the Navy, but when Lohodograph called, those three

answered.

More to the point, their crews were skilled, experienced, able privateers, and they made up the majority of the parties that sailed on

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