Pirate Freedom (48 page)

M
AHU
A slave freed to reinforce the crew of the
New Ark
.

M
ANSVELDT
, E
DWARD
Henry Morgan's mentor in piracy.

M
ARACAIBO
A city on the channel linking the Gulf of Venezuela with Lake Maracaibo.

M
ELIND
A buccaneer leader.

M
EXICO
The Aztec capital, captured by the Spanish.

MIDSHIPMAN
An aspirant to an officer's commission. Midshipmen slept between the crew in the forecastle and the officers in the stern.

M
ORGAN
, H
ENRY
Later, Sir Henry. After other daring exploits, Morgan assembled an army of pirates, crossed Darien, and looted and burned the city of Panama.

M
OSKITOS
A Central American tribe.

M
OSQUITOES
, G
ULF OF
An arm of the Caribbean bordered to the south by the western end of Darien.

M
ZWILILI
A slave aboard the
Rosa
who joined the narrator's crew. He is usually called Willy.

N
EW ARK
The new name given the
Duquesa de Corruna
by the narrator.

N
EW
S
PAIN
A Spanish colony in North America. It is now the Republic of Mexico.

N
OVIA
The narrator's pet name for the woman he loves.

N
OVICE
M
ASTER
The monk in charge of postulants at Our Lady of Bethlehem.

D
'O
GERON
, B
ERTRAND
The governor of Tortuga. He was later captured by the Spanish, but escaped.

O
GG
, C
APTAIN
A subordinate of Captain Burt's.

O
JEDA
, C
APTAIN
The Spanish master of the
Castillo Blanco
.

O'L
EARY
, "P
AT THE
R
AT
" Under the narrator, the third mate of the
Castillo Blanco
.

O'M
ALLEY
, G
RACE
An Irish pirate queen. Writing to Queen Elizabeth I, she called herself Grany Ne Mailly of Connaught.

O
UR
L
ADY OF
B
ETHLEHEM
A newly reopened monastery outside Havana.

P
ATMOS
An island in the Mediterranean.

P
EARL
C
OAST
The eastern coast of Nicaragua opposite the Pearl Islands.

P
EARL
I
SLANDS
A group of small islands off the eastern coast of Nicaragua.

P
EARL
L
AGOON
A sheltered bay on the eastern coast of Nicaragua. It is extensive. A section of the Pearl Coast may be said to form its eastern boundary, and the mainland its western boundary.

P
ETE
THE
H
ANGMAN
One of the narrator's crew on the
Castillo Blanco
.

P
HIL
, F
ATHER
An associate pastor at Saint Teresa's.

P
INKIE
An albino Kuna girl.

P
ORTOBELLO
A beautifully sited city on the Gulf of Mosquitoes.

P
ORT
R
OYAL
A city at the mouth of Kingston Bay. Twice destroyed by earthquakes, it has been rebuilt each time.

P
RINCESS
The sloop commanded by Captain Harker.

P
ROVENCE
A region of southeastern France.

Q
UILLIGAN
, P
ADDY
A member of the
Sabina
's pirate crew.

R
ACKAM
, C
ALICO
J
ACK
A pirate captain who is said to have maintained a harem somewhere on the Cuban coast. Anne Bonney and Mary Read served in his crew.

R
EAD
, M
ARY
An extraordinary woman who was successively a footman, a sailor on a British warship, a soldier, a merchant sailor, and a pirate, all while disguised as a man. She died in prison.

R
ED
J
ACK
An English pirate who volunteers for the prize crew of the
New Ark
. Later, quartermaster of the
Castillo Blanco
.

R
ED
K
NIFE
One of the Cimaroons who joins
Sabina
's pirate crew.

R
IO
H
ATO
A Spanish colonial town on the Pacific Coast of Darian, west of the city of Panama.

R
OMBEAU
The buccaneer who takes command of the
Magdelena
.

R
OSA
The narrator's first capture.

S
ABINA
In full, the
Santa Sabina de Roma
. A pirate vessel commanded by the narrator. Formerly the
Vincente
.

S
ADDLE
I
SLANDS
The Galápagos Islands. A Pacific island group lying on the equator six hundred miles from the mainland of South America.

S
AINT
B
LAISE
, G
ULF OF
The body of water containing the San Blas Islands, q.v.

S
AINT
T
ERESA
's A city parish.

S
AN
B
LAS
I
SLANDS
An archipelago on the Atlantic coast of Darien, between Portobello and the Gulf of Darien.

S
ANCHEZ
, G
ENERAL
The commander of Spanish troops in Venezuela.

S
AN
F
ELIPO
A Spanish galleon, the largest of the treasure ships attacked by Captain Burt's flotilla.

S
AN
M
ATEO
A Spanish merchant vessel.

S
ANTA
C
HARITA
A Spanish merchant vessel. Captain Burt renames her the
Weald
.

S
ANTA
L
UCÍA
A Spanish galleon.

S
ANTA
M
ARIA
A Spanish colonial town at the mouth of the Tuira River; this river flows into the Gulf of San Miguel, an arm of the Pacific.

DE
S
ANTIAGO
, D
ON
J
OSé
The owner of the
Castillo Blanco
.

DE
S
ANTIAGO
, P
ILAR
Don José de Santiago's wife.

S
CULLY
, B
ISHOP
The head of the narrator's diocese.

S
EÑOR
U
SUALLY
, the first mate of the
Santa Charita
.

S
NOW
L
ADY
Captain Gosling's ship.

S
OCCORO
A treasure ship attacked by the narrator and his friends.

SOLDIER
SALVE
Ferric chloride ointment, used at this time to treat every sort of wound, cut, bruise, and abrasion.

S
PANISH
M
AIN
The mainland of Spanish America. (Often misused and misunderstood.)

S
TRAIT OF
M
AGELLAN
A narrow and contorted passage between the South American mainland and the island of Tierra del Fuego.

S
URREY
An English county, south of London.

S
WAN
, C
APTAIN
C
HARLES
A pirate who sailed across the Pacific to
raid the Philippines and Spice Islands. He was eventually marooned by his crew.

E
L
T
ABLAZO
A notorious sandbar at the southern end of the Gulf of Venezuela.

T
IBURON
P
ENINSULA
A long, mountainous finger of land at the southwestern corner of Hispaniola.

T
IERRA
DEL
F
UEGO
A large island at the southern tip of South America. Cape Horn is on a small island south of Tierra del Fuego.

T
OLEDO
A city in Spain famous for cutlery.

T
ORTUGA
A smaller island on the north coast of Hispaniola.

T
ROY
(
WEIGHT
) A system used by jewelers in which a Troy pound is divided into twelve Troy ounces.

V
ALDEZ
, A
DMIRAL
A Spanish naval hero.

V
ALENTIN
An indentured servant who has fled his master. Vanderhorst A merchant on Virgin Gorda.

V
ASCO
A sailor aboard the
Santa Charita
.

V
ENEZUELA
, G
ULF OF
A sea at the northernmost extremity of South America, open to the Caribbean to the north.

V
ERACRUZ
A port on the east coast of New Spain.

V
INCENTE
In full, the
San Vincente de Zaragozza
. The Spanish name of the ship that becomes the
Sabina
.

V
IRGIN
G
ORDA
One of the Virgin Islands. It lies due east of Tortola, from which it is plainly visible.

W
AHL
, F
ATHER
The pastor emeritus of Holy Family.

W
EALD
Earlier the
Santa Charita
. Captain Burt's flagship.

W
EST
I
NDIES
A vague term covering the Bahamas and all the islands of the Caribbean, including the Antilles.

W
ILLY
Mzwilili, q.v.

W
INDWARD
The sloop the narrator bought in Port Royal.

Windward Passage A wide channel between Hispaniola and Cuba.

Y
ANCY
A pirate with whom the narrator duels.

Y
UCATAN
C
HANNEL
The channel between Cuba and the Yucatan Peninsula. It connects the Caribbean Sea with the Gulf of Mexico.

Z
AMBO
M
OSKITO
A member of the Moskito tribe of Native American and African ancestry.

Z
AVALA
The oldest man on the
Santa Charita
.

Z
UMAYA
A treasure ship attacked by the narrator and his friends.