François or Francis Le Clerc (died 1563), also known as "Jambe de Bois" ("Peg Leg"), was a 16th-century French privateer, originally from Normandy. He...
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François Jacques Clerc (born 18 April 1983) is a French former professional footballer who played as a right back. Born in Bourg-en-Bresse, Clerc joined...
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Piracy in the Caribbean (section François Le Clerc)
François Le Clerc also nicknamed "Jambe de bois" ("Pie de Palo", "wooden leg") was a formidable privateer, ennobled by Henri II in 1551. In 1552, Le Clerc...
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their incursions into the Caribbean. Pirates and corsairs such as François Le Clerc, Jacques de Sores, Francis Drake defeat in Gran Canaria, Pieter van...
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the island as Sancta Lucia. In the late 1550s, the French pirate François le Clerc (known as Jambe de Bois, due to his wooden leg) set up a camp on Pigeon...
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of another French pirate, François Le Clerc, who was called "Pegleg" or "Jambe de Bois" on account of his wooden leg. Le Clerc and Sores had set out from...
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Jean-David Nau (pronounced [ʒɑ̃ david no]) (c. 1630 – c. 1669), better known as François l'Olonnais (pronounced [fʁɑ̃swa lolɔnɛ]) (also l'Olonnois, Lolonois and...
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Eustace the Monk Flora Burn Flying Gang Fūma Kotarō Francis Drake François Le Clerc François l'Olonnais Gan Ning Grace O'Malley Hayreddin Barbarossa Hendrick...
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Moreau de Maupertuis (1698–1759), mathematician and astronomer Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais (1699–1753), sailor and administrator Julien Offray...
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Spanish map shows S. Luzia.: 13–14 In the late 1550s the French pirate François le Clerc (known as Jambe de Bois, due to his wooden leg) set up a camp on Pigeon...
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North Sea, off Norway. Pierre-Louis Dietsch composed an opera Le vaisseau fantôme, ou Le maudit des mers (The Phantom Ship, or The Accursed of the Sea)...
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French corsairs (section François Aregnaudeau)
Robert Surcouf (1702-1756) Julien Pépin, seigneur de Belle-Isle (1705-1785) François Aregnaudeau (1774–c.1813), was a Breton who commanded a number of privateers...
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around 1000 AD. In the middle of the 16th century, a French pirate, François le Clerc, used Pigeon Island as his base. Nathaniel Uring landed here in 1722...
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modern materials, though some sports prostheses do have the same form. François Le Clerc (died 1563), privateer Cornelis Jol, (1597–1641), privateer and Dutch...
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Troughton in the 1977 version. Gennadi Yukhtin in the 1982 film. Jean-François Stévenin in the 1985 version. Michael Halsey in the 1990 version. Dermot...
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played by Peter Jeffrey in 1989, and Jack Shepherd in 1995. The author John le Carré performed an abridged reading of the novel in five parts as part of...
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historian who remains a major source on this period, the Tortuga buccaneer Pierre Le Grand pioneered the settlers' attacks on galleons making the return voyage...
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Pirates featured Mary Read portrayed by Kimberly Adair. The 1961 Italian film Le avventure di Mary Read told the story of Mary Read, portrayed by Lisa Gastoni...
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