His ship Le Postillion carried a crew of twenty-five men and was armed with two guns.
VIGERON, Captain. French filibuster.
Of San Domingo.
Commanded a bark, La Louse, thirty men and four guns.
VILLA RISE.
In the year 1621 this Moorish pirate commanded a small squadron of five vessels which took an English ship, the George Bonaventure (Captain John Rawlins, Plymouth), in the Straits of Gibraltar. One of the finest deeds ever achieved by English sailors was the escape of Rawlins and some of his crew from the Moors at Alexandria in a stolen ship.
van VIN, Moses. Buccaneer.
One of L'Ollonais's officers. After burning Puerto Cavallo and torturing and murdering the inhabitants, L'Ollonais marched away to attack the town of San Pedro with 300 of his crew, leaving van Vin as his lieutenant to govern the rest of his men during his absence.
VIRGIN, Henry.
Of Bristol.