Lewis Scot
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Lewis Scot was a Scottish buccaneer who, according to writer Alexander Esquemeling, was the first pirate to raid Spanish coastal settlements in the Caribbean and West Indies during the mid-seventeenth century.
Scot is especially known for his raid of the Spanish city of Campeche on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. After receiving a ransom for the city, he is said to have retired in Tortuga.[1]
References
- ^ Esquemeling, Alexander. The Buccaneers of America. Harmondsworth, England: Penguin Books, 1969.