The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century

by Clarence Henry Haring

Footnote 460: [(return)]

Ibid., No. 1938; ibid., 1685-88, Nos. 33, 53, 57, 68, 128, 129, 157.

Footnote 461: [(return)]

Ibid., 1681-85, Nos. 668, 769; ibid., 1685-88, No. 986.

Footnote 462: [(return)]

C.S.P. Colon., 1681-85, Nos. 1163, 1198; Bibl. Nat., Nouv. Acq., 9325, f. 332.

Footnote 463: [(return)]

C.S.P. Colon., 1681-85, Nos. 1796, 1854, 1855, 1943; ibid., 1685-88, Nos. 218, 269, 569, 591, 609, 706, 739.

Footnote 464: [(return)]

Ibid., 1681-85, Nos. 1163, 1198, 1249, 1630.

Footnote 465: [(return)]

Ibid., Nos. 963, 992, 1938, 1949, 2025, 2067.

Footnote 466: [(return)]

Ibid., Nos. 963, 992, 1759.

Footnote 467: [(return)]

Ibid., Nos. 1259, 1563.

Footnote 468: [(return)]

C.S.P. Colon., 1681-85, Nos. 1845, 1851, 1862, 2042.

His ship is called in these letters "La Trompeuse." Unless this is a confusion with Hamlin's vessel, there must have been more than one "La Trompeuse" in the West Indies. Very likely the fame or ill-fame of the original "La Trompeuse" led other pirate captains to flatter themselves by adopting the same name. Breha was captured in 1686 by the Armada de Barlovento and hung with nine or ten of his companions (Charlevoix, op. cit., liv. ix. p. 207).

Footnote 469: [(return)]

Ibid., Nos. 1299, 1862.