Despite being outnumbered the pirates slaughtered 500 soldiers of Gibraltar's garrison and held the city for ransom. Over the following two months, l'Olonnais and his men tortured, pillaged and eventually burned much of Maracaibo before moving to San Antonio de Gibraltar, on the eastern shore of Lake Maracaibo. L'Olonnais himself was an expert torturer, and his techniques included slicing portions of flesh off the victim with a sword, burning them alive, or tying knotted "woolding" (rope bound around a ship's mast to strengthen it) around the victim's head until their eyes were forced out. They also seized the fort's cannon and demolished most of the town's defence walls to ensure that a hasty retreat was possible. L'Olonnais' men tracked down the residents and tortured them until they revealed the location of their possessions. He then proceeded to pillage the city, and found that most of the residents had fled and that their gold had been hidden. He approached it from its undefended landward side and took it in few hours. En route, l'Olonnais crossed paths with a Spanish treasure ship which he captured, along with its cargo of cocoa beans, gemstones and more than 260,000 Spanish dollars.Īt the time the entrance to Lake Maracaibo and thus the city itself was defended by the San Carlos de la Barra Fortress with sixteen guns, which was thought to be impregnable. In 1666 l'Olonnais sailed from Tortuga with a fleet of eight ships and a crew of 440 pirates to sack Maracaibo in what is modern day Venezuela, joining forces with fellow buccaneer Michel le Basque. l'Olonnais captured and beheaded the ship's entire crew save one, whom he spared so that a message could be delivered to Havana: "I shall never henceforward give quarter to any Spaniard whatsoever." The governor of Cuba, Francisco Oregón y Gascón, sent a ship to kill l'Olonnais' party. A short time later, he and his crew held a town hostage, demanding a ransom from its Spanish rulers. L'Olonnais survived by covering himself in the blood of others and hiding amongst the dead.Īfter the Spanish departed, l'Olonnais, with the assistance of some escaped slaves, made his way to the island of Tortuga. A party of Spanish soldiers attacked l'Olonnais and his crew, killing almost the entire party. He preyed upon shipping from the Spanish West Indies and the Spanish Main.Ī year or two (dates regarding l'Olonnais are uncertain) into his piratical career, l'Olonnais was shipwrecked near Campeche in Mexico. He began to wander various islands before arriving in Saint-Domingue – in what is now Haiti – and becoming a buccaneer. He first arrived in the Caribbean as an indentured servant during the 1650s. In his 1684 account The History of the Buccaneers of America, Alexandre Exquemelin notes l'Olonnais' place of birth as Les Sables-d'Olonne, France. 1669), better known as François l'Olonnais ( pronounced ) (also l'Olonnois, Lolonois and Lolona), was a French pirate active in the Caribbean during the 1660s. THANK YOU Kabboose for sharing your spreadsheet with caves and chests details! <3 It helped me fill in some blanks.Jean-David Nau ( pronounced ) (c. Lvl 99 - Hidden Cave *1 hidden golden chest*.Lvl 85 - Pi Ruins *1 hidden golden chest*.Lvl 70 - Wilted Cave *1 hidden golden chest*.Lvl 40 - Tiny Hole *1 hidden golden chest*.Lvl 40 - Theta Ruins *1 hidden golden chest*.Lvl 20 - Gamma Ruins *1 hidden golden chest*.Lvl 08 - Bat Cave *1 hidden golden chest*.Lvl 01 - Founder's Cave (on Founder's Island).Lvl 00 - Secret Cave (on icy island) *2 hidden golden chests*.LIST OF DUNGEONS WITH GOLDEN CHESTS (by level):
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