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TORTUGA, HAITI

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TORTUGA, HAITI

Around 1630, French buccaneers driven from Hispaniola settled this mountainous, rocky island off Haiti’s north coast, eventually attacking Spanish galleons laden with silver from South America and silks and spices from China. Henry Morgan, Francis L’Ollonais, and Pierre LeGrand settled here for at least some time. In the first Pirates of the Caribbean, this is the rollicking pirate town where Jack Sparrow and Will Turner recruit ranks into their crew.

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