Portal:Piracy/Selected picture/February 2008
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Howard Pyle's illustration of Pierre Le Grand attacking a Spanish captain in his cabin. He was a Caribbean buccaneer of the 17th century. He is known to history only from one source, Alexandre Exquemelin's Buccaneers of America, and may be imaginary. Pierre le Grand is known only for his attack on a Spanish galleon near the coast of Hispaniola in the 17th century.
