Roche Braziliano
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Roche Braziliano (sometimes spelled Rock, Roch, Roc, Roque, Brazilliano, or Brasiliano) (c. 1630 – disappeared c. 1671), was a Dutch pirate born in Groningen. His pirate career lasted from 1654 until his disappearance in 1671. Though his real name has been lost to history, he is known as "Roche Braziliano", which in English becomes "Rock the Brazilian", due to his long exile in Brazil.[1]
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[edit] Pirate career
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. On his first adventure he captured a ship of immense value and brought it back safely to Jamaica. He eventually was caught and sent to Spain, but he escaped with threats of vengeance from his followers.[2] He soon resumed his thieving career, buying a new ship off his fellow-pirate François 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.[3]
[edit] Popular culture
Roche Braziliano is one of the pirates featured in the game Sid Meier's Pirates!
[edit] References
- Pickering, David. "Pirates". CollinsGem. HarperCollins Publishers, New York, NY. pp-52, 201. 2006.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Platt, David (1995). Eyewitness Guides to Pirates. London: Dorling Kindersley, 64. ISBN 0-7513-6035-X.
- ^ Pyle, Howard. Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates. ISBN 1-603-03278-9
- ^ Pickering, David. "Pirates"
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