People from Pontevedra (Province) - People from Pontevedra, People from Vigo, Francisco Marco del Pont, Pio Moa, La Belle Otero (Paperback)

Chapters: People From Pontevedra, People From Vigo, Francisco Marco Del Pont, Pio Moa, La Belle Otero, Lourdes Dominguez Lino, Ramon Del Valle-Inclan, Agustin Rodriguez Santiago, Pahino, Golpes Bajos, Jose Calvo Sotelo, Jose Ufarte, Quique Alvarez, Carlos Nunez, Ivan Ferreiro, Ignacio Ramonet, Manuel Jimenez Abalo, Def Con Dos, Benito de Soto, Daniel Carril Freire, Quique Costas, Manuel Bernardez, Roberto Lago, Ricardo Mella, Alejandro de La Sota, Jose Fondevila Garcia, Os Resentidos, Jonathan Vila, Casto Mendez Nunez, Bea Gonzalez, Jose Juan Figueras Garcia, Pedro Osores de Ulloa, Jacinto Rey, Aerolineas Federales, Antonio M. Perez, Alberto Casado Cervino, Jose Carlos Adan, Manuel Portela Valladares, Laura Ponte, Urania Mella Serrano. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 100. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Benito Soto Aboal (April 22, 1805, Pontevedra - January 25, 1830, Gibraltar ) was a Spanish pirate, and captain of the Burla Negra ("Black Joke" in English).Benito de Soto was the most notorious of the last generation of pirates to plunder shipping in the Atlantic . De Soto served on an Argentinian slave ship before leading a mutiny off south-west Africa in 1827. When 18 of the crew declined to participate they were cast adrift in an open boat.Having renamed the vessel the Burla Negra, de Soto crossed the Atlantic, where he sold stolen cargo of slaves, and then sailed south, attacking English, American and Portuguese ships along the Atlantic Ocean . The Black Joke then ventured eastwards into the Atlantic to intercept vessels returning from India and the Far East .Atrocities He proved to be one of the most bloodthirsty pirates of any age, murdering crews who fell into his hands and sinking their ships.When a captured seaman h...