Roche Braziliano
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Roche Braziliano (born c.1630 - disappeared c.1671), was a Dutch pirate born in Groningen. His pirate career lasted from 1654 - c.1671. Though his name has been lost to history, he is known as "Roche Braziliano", which translates to "Roc Braziliano", which in English becomes 'the rock of Brazil'.
Roche Braziliano was a notoriously cruel buccaneer who operated out of Port Royal, Jamaica. He was a privateer in Bahia, Brazil, before moving to Port Royal in 1654. He led a mutiny and adopted the life of a buccaneer, seizing richly-laden Spanish treasure ships. The Spanish eventually caught him and sent him to Spain, but he escaped and resumed his career, buying a new ship off his fellow-pirate Francois L'Olonnais and later sailing in company with Sir Henry Morgan among others.
[edit] Atrocities
- Drunken and debauched, Braziliano would threaten to shoot anyone who did not drink with him.
- He roasted alive two Spanish farmers on wooden spits after they refused to hand over their pigs.
- He treated his Spanish prisoners barbarously, typically cutting off their limbs or roasting them alive over a fire, like pigs.
[edit] References
Pickering, David. "Pirates". CollinsGem. HarperCollins Publishers, New York, NY. pp-52, 201. 2006.
