[ANSTHRLD] New Period Pirate Names

[Lisa Theriot]

That may have actually been his name.  There was a Portuguese warship built around 1534 called the St. John the Baptist, but nicknamed Botafogo because it carried so much cannon.  The lead artillery commander, João Pereira de Sousa (1540-1627), became so synonymous with the vessel that he added Botafogo to his family name.  There is a seaside town in Brazil named Botafogo after him (where I happen to have relatives). Genealogical records show that he had a son named Andreza (1575-1655), so I bet Andreza Pereira de Sousa Botafogo was your "Antonio Botafoc".

Adelaide

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botafogo_(galleon)
http://martin.romano.org/ps05/ps05_394.htm

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forwarded by permission from SCA Apprentice list, Hillary ............................................
Clipped from the link below. 

While sailing near the town of Cartagena, in modern-day Spain, the ship's crew of about a dozen men was attacked by two pirate vessels . One of them was commanded by a man named Antonio "Botafoc." The word botaf o c means "fire blast" or "fire fart" — his real last name is lost to history. The other ship was commanded by Martin Yanes. 

http://www.livescience.com/48067-pirate-tale-revealed-in-vatican-archives.html
http://www.livescience.com/48066-images-ancient-pirate-tale.html
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