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Hunter entered the first but he found nothing save a Bible, printed in Spanish, and a couple of moth-eaten blankets thrown across rude, broken beds.

Life Among the Privateers of the Caribbean Sea

CCORDING TO HIS own memoirs, Life Among the Privateers of the Caribbean Sea, Charles Hunter searched for Sanson’s treasure during all of the year 1666, but never found it.

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Gardiner’s Lane, London, England
"“Theft of a gentleman’s lodging, Gardiner’s Lane, London.”"
Port Royal, Jamaica
"These females would be quite at home in Port Royal; they were as tough and hard as the hardest privateer."
Port Royal, Jamaica
"Part I: Port Royal Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13; Part VI: Port Royal Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Chapter 36 Chapter 37 Chapter 38"
Port Royal, Jamaica
"Part I Port Royal"
Jamaica, Caribbean
"Sir James Almont, appointed by His Majesty Charles II Governor of Jamaica, was habitually an early riser."
Port Royal, Jamaica
"The Governor’s Mansion was an impressive brick structure with a red‐tile roof. It was also the only three‐story building in Port Royal, and his view of the town was excellent."
Ridge Street, Port Royal, Jamaica
"On Ridge Street, the morning patrol of garrison soldiers was collecting drunks and dead bodies, which had fallen in the mud."
Rio Cobra, Jamaica
"Directly beneath his window, the first of the flat, horse-drawn carts of water carriers rumbled by, bringing casks of fresh water from Rio Cobra some miles away."
Ocho Rios, Jamaica
"The previous week, soldiers had captured a French rascal named LeClerc, convicted of making a piratical raid on the settlement of Ocho Rios, on the north coast of the island."
London, England
"It had arrived from London the year before, consigned to a merchant in the town, and Almont had confiscated it on some pretext or other."
Fort Charles, Port Royal, Jamaica
"Even as he watched, the topsails of the merchant ship were unreefed in the growing light of dawn, and two longboats put out from the shore near Fort Charles to help tow the merchantman in."
High Street, Port Royal, Jamaica
"On the testimony of a few townspeople who had survived the attack, LeClerc had been sentenced to be hanged in the public gallows on High Street."
Port Royal, Jamaica
"He much preferred the lofty view from his window. Port Royal, in 1665, was a boomtown. In the decade since Cromwell’s expedition had captured the island of Jamaica from the Spanish, Port Royal had grown from a miserable, deserted, disease‐ridden spit of sand into a miserable, overcrowded, cutthroat‐infested town of eight thousand."
Jamaica, Caribbean
"In the decade since Cromwell’s expedition had captured the island of Jamaica from the Spanish"
London, England
"… and thirty-seven felon women sent by Lord Ambritton of London to be wives for the colonists. He remembered the London plague of ten years earlier, and hoped that his sister and niece had had the presence of mind to go to the country house."
Amsterdam, Netherlands
"‘The plague?’ ‘Indeed, sir, for some months now it has been spreading with great confusion and loss of life. They say it was brought from Amsterdam.’"
Bristol, England
"“Charles Morton, sir, captain of the merchantman Godspeed, late of Bristol.”"
Stourbridge, England
"“I carry West Country broadcloths, Your Excellency, and glass from Stourbridge, and iron goods. Your Excellency holds the manifest in his hands.”"
West Country, England
"“I carry West Country broadcloths, Your Excellency, and glass from Stourbridge, and iron goods.”"
High Street Square, Port Royal, Jamaica
"The coach pulled into the High Street Square where a large crowd had gathered to witness the hanging."
Fort Charles, Port Royal, Jamaica
"Commander Scott, head of the garrison of Fort Charles, brushed an invisible speck of dust from his uniform and made his customary remark."
Government House, Port Royal, Jamaica
"‘And where is Mr. Hacklett?’ ‘On board, gathering his belongings with Mrs. Hacklett, Your Excellency.’ ‘I will ask him to join me at Government House at his earliest convenience.’"
Port Royal, Jamaica
"as we traveled in open coach through the streets of Port Royal — if they may be called streets — one vulgar fellow hurled drunken imprecations at my wife, upsetting her greatly."
High Street, Port Royal, Jamaica
"The truth of the matter is to be seen at the gallows of High Street, where even now a pirate may be found hanging in the breeze."
Jamaica, Caribbean
"In the capital of His Majesty’s Colony of Jamaica in the New World, I naturally anticipated some semblance of Christian order and lawful conduct."
New World, Americas
"In the capital of His Majesty’s Colony of Jamaica in the New World, I naturally anticipated some semblance of Christian order and lawful conduct."
St. Kitts, Caribbean
"Three tiny colonies — St. Kitts, Barbados, and Jamaica — comprise the entire dominion of the Crown."
Barbados, Caribbean
"Three tiny colonies — St. Kitts, Barbados, and Jamaica — comprise the entire dominion of the Crown."
Spanish Main, Caribbean
"All the rest is Philip’s. This is still the Spanish Main. There are no English warships in these waters."
Cádiz, Spain
"particularly since so much of the gold which fails to reach Cádiz turns up in London."
London, England
"particularly since so much of the gold which fails to reach Cádiz turns up in London."
Wapping, London, England
"Anne was the youngest of three children, the daughter of a retired seaman turned sailmaker in Wapping."
London, England
"She had come to hate that monotonous, ceaseless sound, in London."
Bridewell prison, London, England
"A constable caught her the next morning ... He took the gold, and clapped her in Bridewell prison."
Port Royal, Jamaica
"Among the privateers of Port Royal, debts were paid fully and promptly."
London, England
"“ALL HAVE REMARKED upon the comet, seen over London on the eve of the plague,” said Captain Morton, sipping his wine."
Cádiz, Spain
"Each year, Philip sends a fleet of treasure galleons here from Cádiz."
Cartagena, Colombia
"There the fleet disperses, traveling to various ports — Cartagena, Vera Cruz, Portobello — to collect treasure."
Veracruz, Mexico
"There the fleet disperses, traveling to various ports — Cartagena, Vera Cruz, Portobello — to collect treasure."
Portobello, Panama
"There the fleet disperses, traveling to various ports — Cartagena, Vera Cruz, Portobello — to collect treasure."
Havana, Cuba
"The fleet regroups in Havana, then travels east back to Spain."
New Spain, Mexico
"They cross to the Spanish Main, sighting first land to the south, off the coast of New Spain."
Ireland, Europe
"“An outbreak of the pox in Ireland,” said Mr. Hacklett, “in that very year.”"
Spain, Europe
"The fleet regroups in Havana, then travels east back to Spain."
Massachusetts Bay Colony, Massachusetts, United States
"Captain Hunter is the second son of Major Edward Hunter, of the Massachusetts Bay Colony."
Port Royal, Jamaica
"By early morning, all of Port Royal was talking of Hunter’s coming foray."
Campeche, Mexico
"It was said that Hunter was attacking Campeche."
Maracaibo, Venezuela
"It was said that he would sack Maricaibo."
Panama City, Panama
"It was even said that he dared to attack Panama, as Drake had done some seventy years before."
Havana, Cuba
"Hunter was laying in so few supplies that most gossips believed the target of the raid was Havana itself."
Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean
"There were a thousand islands and small brackish cays throughout the Carib sea that could serve his purposes."
Lima, Peru
"…He lived in Lima, in Peru, in New Spain. His family prospered. He had enemies."
Blue Mountains, Jamaica
"C RAWFORD’S VALLEY WAS a pleasant half‐hour ride to the north, through the lush green foliage at the foot of the Blue Mountains."
Havana, Cuba
"“The town is rife with rumor,” he said, “that Captain Hunter, the same man with whom we supped yesterday past, is now organizing a piratical expedition against a Spanish dominion, perhaps even Havana.”"
Mosquito Coast, Honduras
"“I’ve no notion,” Almont said. “Probably the Mosquito Coast of Honduras. That is the ordinary place.”"
Port Royal, Jamaica
"…that he permits use of Port Royal as a common meeting place for these cutthroats and knaves, and for the dispersal of their ill-gotten gains…"
England, United Kingdom
"“Child,” he said, “I wish you to see that this letter is dispatched on the next boat to England.”"
Port Royal, Jamaica
"Wharfage fees in Port Royal were high; an ordinary merchant vessel could not afford to dock for more than a few hours to load or unload a cargo, but Hunter’s little sloop Cassandra spent fully twelve hours drawn up to the pilings, and Hunter was not charged a penny."
Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean
"In the Caribbean Sea, where they were hardly ever out of sight of some island with its protective ring of shoal coral reefs, they felt safe enough."
Pelican Point, Jamaica
"with Lazue forward to watch for the shoals of Pelican Point in the dim morning light"
Port Royal, Jamaica
"‘permits use of Port Royal as a common meeting place for these cutthroats and knaves . . . unsuited to high capacity . . . abides all manner of corruption . . .’"
Bull Bay, Jamaica
"THE CASSANDRA, LIKE all privateering vessels, made first for Bull Bay, a little inlet a few miles east of Port Royal."
Lime Cay, Jamaica
"In the early dawn light, the Cassandra, now rounding the point of Lime Cay, raised her mainsail and headed east, gaining speed."
Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
"Soon enough she was in Plymouth, and then aboard the Godspeed."
Hispañola, Caribbean
"At the end of the second day, they were beating northeast, through the dangerous passage between Hispañola and Cuba."
Cuba, Caribbean
"At the end of the second day, they were beating northeast, through the dangerous passage between Hispañola and Cuba."
Tortuga Island, Haiti
"His crew knew this region well, for they were within a day’s sail of Tortuga, long a pirate stronghold."
Windward Passage, Caribbean Sea
"IN THE MORNING, they entered the dangerous Windward Passage, between Cuba and Hispañola."
Inagua Island, Bahamas
"By late afternoon they sighted Inagua Island to port, and soon after, Lazue spotted the crust on the horizon that meant Les Caiques, dead ahead."
Turks and Caicos Islands, Caribbean
"Hunter gave orders to turn eastward, toward the still-unseen Turk Isles."
Monte Cristo, Hispaniola
"“And you are also the same Hunter who led the raid on Monte Cristo in Hispañola and held the plantation owner Ramona for ransom?”"
Guadeloupe, France
"“And you are also the same Hunter who captured the slave ship of de Ruyters while it was at anchor in Guadeloupe, and made off with all his cargoes?”"
Havana, Cuba
"“Even His Excellency the Commander of the Havana Garrison does not have claret so fine as this.”"
Port Royal, Jamaica
"“And whence put you to sea?” “Port Royal.”"
Guinea, West Africa
"“We were advised a slaver from Guinea would be found in these waters.”"
St. Augustine, Florida
"“We were making for Augustine.”"
Cuba, Caribbean
"“Why did you not sail west around Cuba, into the Bahama Passage?”"
Bahama Passage, The Bahamas
"“Why did you not sail west around Cuba, into the Bahama Passage?”"
New Spain, Mexico
"“The Indians of New Spain called this leaf coca.”"
St. Augustine, Florida
"…why does the Englishman carry rats to Augustine? Augustine has rats of its own, Florida rats, very good ones. Yes?"
Caribbean, West Indies
"Little rain fell on the island, and because it was so far eastward in the Caribbean, the winds off the Atlantic whipped around its single peak ceaselessly."
London, England
"… he heard her say, in English, “Who are you?” Hunter paused, astonished. Her accent was crisp and aristocratic. “Who the hell are you?” “I am Lady Sarah Almont, late of London,” she said. “I am being held prisoner here.”"
Lima, Peru
"… there were seals on all the locks; in the darkness, he bent to examine them. Unmistakably, in the yellow wax, he saw the crown-and-anchor seal of the Lima mint. So there was New Spain silver here; his heart jumped."
Havana, Cuba
"But after formal departure from Havana the previous August, the ship had stopped along the Cuban coast, and most of the cannon offloaded to permit the ship to carry more cargo."
Cuban coast, Cuba
"But after formal departure from Havana the previous August, the ship had stopped along the Cuban coast, and most of the cannon offloaded to permit the ship to carry more cargo."
Genoa, Italy
"She was the nao Nuestra Señora de los Reves, San Fernando y San Francisco de Paula, Captain José del Villar de Andrade, owner the Marques de Canada, a vessel of nine hundred tons, built in Genoa."
Port Royal, Jamaica
"If he kept his own boat, he could auction the Spanish galleon to the merchants and captains of Port Royal, where it would fetch a considerable sum."
Lesser Antilles, Caribbean
"It was Hunter’s plan to sail down the Lesser Antilles, and then west, into the vastness of the Caribbean between Venezuela and Santo Domingo."
Caribbean, West Indies
"It was Hunter’s plan to sail down the Lesser Antilles, and then west, into the vastness of the Caribbean between Venezuela and Santo Domingo."
Venezuela, South America
"It was Hunter’s plan to sail down the Lesser Antilles, and then west, into the vastness of the Caribbean between Venezuela and Santo Domingo."
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
"It was Hunter’s plan to sail down the Lesser Antilles, and then west, into the vastness of the Caribbean between Venezuela and Santo Domingo."
London, England
"‘My breasts were my best feature,’ she sniffled, through her tears, ‘I was the envy of every woman of breeding in London. Don’t you understand anything?’"
Port Royal, Jamaica
"All these could be auctioned on the docks of Port Royal, and they would amount, in total, to a substantial sum — perhaps two thousand pounds."
Lesser Antilles, Caribbean
"It had been an uneventful sail, down the chain of the Lesser Antilles."
Guadeloupe, France
"…as they sailed southward, past Guadeloupe and San Marino."
San Marino, Italy
"…as they sailed southward, past Guadeloupe and San Marino."
Port Royal, Jamaica
"The captain wanted his crew intact, and personal disagreements could await landfall in Port Royal."
Greece, Europe
"He kept thinking of Greece — something about Greece, or the Greeks — but he did not know what, or why."
Monkey Bay, Caribbean
"Hunter intended to set the saker on top of the hill that curved out from Monkey Bay. That would place it within range of the Spanish warship, and allow it to fire on the offshore vessel."
New World, Americas
"A HURRICANE, THE most awesome event in nature, was discovered by the voyagers to the New World."
Cartagena, Colombia
"They were not far from the Spanish strongholds of Cartagena and Maricaibo, on the South American coast."
New Spain, Mexico
"Perhaps Philip disliked the painting; perhaps that was why he had sent it to one of his military captains in New Spain."
Atlantic Ocean, United States
"Little rain fell on the island, and because it was so far eastward in the Caribbean, the winds off the Atlantic whipped around its single peak ceaselessly."
Monkey Bay, Caribbean
"Part IV Monkey Bay"
Maracaibo, Venezuela
"They were not far from the Spanish strongholds of Cartagena and Maricaibo, on the South American coast."
Jamaica, Caribbean
"Few Caribbean crocs grew so large; those in the inland swamps of Jamaica were only three or four feet."
Port Royal, Jamaica
"Part VI Port Royal"
Port Royal, Jamaica
"the Spanish galleon El Trinidad reached the east channel to Port Royal, outside the scrubby outcropping of South Cay, and Captain Hunter gave orders to drop anchor. They were two miles from Port Royal itself"
Fort Charles, Port Royal, Jamaica
"a longboat put out from Fort Charles, under whose guns they were now anchored"
Lime Street, Port Royal, Jamaica
"Hunter was marched by a company of armed and alert soldiers into the town, through Lime Street, now unusually quiet"
York Street, Port Royal, Jamaica
"then north along York Street, past darkened taverns"
Massachusetts Bay Colony, Massachusetts, United States
"“Are you Charles Hunter, a citizen of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and late of His Majesty’s Colony in Jamaica?”"
Jamaica, Caribbean
"…and late of His Majesty’s Colony in Jamaica?"
Puerto Rico, United States
"In the Windward Passage north of Puerto Rico"
Tortuga, Haiti
"I, myself, in the longboat, managed to come to Tortuga and thence here"
Bristol, England
"bound from Bristol for Port Royal"
Port Royal, Jamaica
"THE GOVERNOR’S MANSION was constructed of solid brick, a veritable fortress at the north end of Port Royal."
Blue Hills, Jamaica
"Shortly before dawn, he ordered all his men into the Blue Hills north of Jamaica, telling them to remain there for two days."
Port Royal, Jamaica
"He went back into the night air and slipped silently through the dark streets of Port Royal."
Jamaica, Caribbean
"O N OCTOBER 23, 1665, the conviction of Charles Hunter and his crew on a charge of piracy and robbery was summarily overturned by Lewisham, Judge of the Admiralty, meeting in closed session with Sir James Almont, newly restored Governor of the Jamaica Colony."
Port Royal, Jamaica
"“Well, sir,” she said, drinking the liquor, “a week past, a man of the name of Carter comes to Port Royal, desperate ill.”"
St. Kitts, Caribbean
"He says he has been picked up by an English packet boat from St. Kitts. They had spotted a fire on a small uninhabited cay, and, pausing to investigate, had found this Carter marooned, and brought him thence."
Port Morant, Jamaica
"There were at least a dozen stories. Sanson had gone to Port Morant. Sanson had fled to Inagua. Sanson had gone into hiding in the hills."
Inagua, Bahamas
"Sanson had fled to Inagua."
Massachusetts, United States
"Conjuring was forbidden in the Massachusetts Colony as tending to promote the work of the devil; for Hunter, it had an odd fascination."
Marshalsea, London, England
"“DO YOU KNOW the woman who enabled our release from Marshallsea?”"
Fort Charles, Port Royal, Jamaica
"In the same session, Commander Edwin Scott, Chief Officer of the Garrison of Fort Charles, was convicted of high treason and sentenced to be hanged the following day. Once the letter was written, an unknown officer shot Scott to death in his cell in Fort Charles."
England, United Kingdom
"Sir James Almont returned to England with his niece, Lady Sarah Almont."
London, England
"Both perished in London’s Great Fire of 1666."
Port Royal, Jamaica
"Mrs. Robert Hacklett remained in Port Royal until 1686, when she died of syphilis."
Carolina Colony, British America
"Her son, Edgar, became a merchant of substance in the Carolina Colony."
Boston, Massachusetts
"James Charles Hacklett Hunter, was governor of the Carolina Colony in 1777, when he urged that the colony side with the northern insurgents against the English army under the command of General Howe in Boston."
Guadeloupe, France
"Madame de Maintenon, mistress of Louis XIV, who had been born on Guadeloupe, is mentioned as the most famous woman from the Indies."
Campeche, Mexico
"Enders, the sea artist and barber-surgeon, joined Mandeville’s expedition on Campeche in 1668 and perished in a storm."
Panama City, Panama
"The Moor, Bassa, died in 1669 in Henry Morgan’s attack on Panama. He was run down by a bull, one of the many animals Spaniards released in an attempt to protect the city."
Charleston, South Carolina
"Lazue was captured and hanged as a pirate in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1704."
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
"Charles Hunter died of pneumonia in 1670 in a cottage in Tunbridge Wells, leaving a modest estate and a notebook."
Church of St. Anthony, Tunbridge Wells
"His grave can be found in the cemetery of the Church of St. Anthony in Tunbridge Wells."
25 Ryde Road, Pymble
"Australia HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty. Ltd. 25 Ryde Road (P.O. Box 321) Pymble, NSW 2073, Australia"
Auckland, New Zealand
"New Zealand HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) Limited P.O. Box 1 Auckland, New Zealand"
77-85 Fulham Palace Road, London
"United Kingdom HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. 77-85 Fulham Palace Road London, W6 8JB, UK"
10 East 53rd Street, New York
"United States HarperCollins Publishers Inc. 10 East 53rd Street New York, NY 10022 http://www.harpercollinsebooks.com"
Windward Passage, Caribbean Sea
"In the Windward Passage north of Puerto Rico"
Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
"His notebook, along with other remembrances, was stored at Trinity College, Cambridge."
2 Bloor Street East, Toronto
"Canada HarperCollins Canada 2 Bloor Street East - 20th Floor Toronto, ON, M4W, 1A8, Canada"
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
"He was, in fact, born in the New World and educated at that institution, what is it called— Harvard."
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
"John was a Puritan, forced to leave Cambridge in some haste when Charles II was restored to the throne."
Mexico City, Mexico
"The remaining three chests were filled with silver bars from Mexico."
Jamaica, Caribbean
"“TO HIS MOST SACRED MAJESTY CHARLES, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, KING, DEFENDER OF THE FAITH, ETC. THE HUMBLE PETITION OF THE DEPUTY-GOVERNOR OF HIS MAJESTY’S PLANTATIONS AND LANDS IN JAMAICA, IN THE WEST INDIES.”"
St. Kitts, Caribbean
"Port Royal was the strongest English settlement in the New World. The Spanish might attack St. Kitts, or one of the other outposts."
St. Augustine, Florida
"“Your captain,” he said loudly, “will not tell me your destination. He says it is Augustine,” he said, with heavy sarcasm. “Augustine: a child could lie more convincingly.”"