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Free Admission for this event!Florida has a long and rich history of pirates plundering its shores, cities, and shipping lanes from Key West to Pensacola and from Miami to Jacksonville. But how much of it is true? Exaggerations of true pirate histories have been told and retold for centuries, giving rise to imaginary pirate heroes, and spawning sensational legends and myths. This course examines the truths, myths, and legends about Florida Pirates from Sir Francis Drake to José Gaspar.
· The Spanish Main, early colonization of the Caribbean and Florida
· Early French and English colonization of Florida and the founding of St. Augustine
· Frances Drake’s attack of St. Augustine
· The rise Buccaneers on Hispaniola
· Privateers of Jamaica
· Robert Searle attacks St. Augustine
· Andrew Ranson’s Miracle
· The Spanish Treasure Fleet of 1715
· Henry Jennings and the pirates of Nassau
· William Augustus Bowles and the Seminole Pirates
· Jean Laffite comes to Florida
· Louis-Michel Aury and Amelia Island
· Myth of Black Caesar and José Gaspar
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17314 Panama City Beach Pkwy, Panama City Beach, FL, United States, Florida 32413
