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Commodore class. That's Commodore's scurvy peat,, Kane, Kenway, Hefei,

Zumen, Black Tip, Matthew the Navigator,

Le Chuck, Bull, Vertagon, Conif Alinde,

Rumgut, and bootstraps Bailey. The Hello, welcome to the Pirate History Podcast. My name is Matt. Thank you for listening.

Last time, the Pirates under Captain's Francois-Groinet, Pierre le Picard, George de

M'Aurend de Marte, attacked the city of Guayakeel and what was then the

viceroyalty of Peru.

Edward Davis, captain of the frigate Bachelor's Delight, was rushing up from the South from the City of Paita to aid the other pirates against a Spanish armada.

Now we talked about the discrepancy between Ravno de Luzon's account of the battle and the reality of the fight.

Luzon couched everything in terms of valor and glory which was far from the truth.

Today we'll continue with that comparison, only instead of

valor in battle, it will be a look at plunder and the power of French amore.

This is episode 71. Dice for your life. The first few hours

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