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|name = Roche Braziliano |
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|caption = An illustration of Roche Braziliano in [[Alexandre Exquemelin]]'s ''The Buccaneers of America'' (1678) |
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|type = Dutch buccaneer |
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|birth_date = 1630 |
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|death_date = disappeared c. 1671 |
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|birth_place = [[Groningen (city)|Groningen]]. [[The Netherlands]] |
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|serviceyears = 1654-1671 |
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|base of operations = [[Port Royal, Jamaica|Port Royal]], [[Jamaica]] |
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'''Roche Braziliano''' (sometimes spelled ''Rock'', ''Roch'', ''Roc'', ''Roque'', ''Brazilliano'', or ''Brasiliano'') (c. 1630 – disappeared c. 1671), was a [[Dutch Republic|Dutch]] [[Piracy|pirate]] born in the town of [[Groningen (city)|Groningen]]. His pirate career lasted from 1654 until his disappearance around 1671. He was first eternalized in [[Alexandre Exquemelin]]'s 1678 book ''The Buccaneers of America''; Exquemelin did not know Braziliano's real name, but historians have found he was probably born as Gerrit Gerritszoon and that he and his parents moved to [[Dutch Brazil|Dutch-controlled Brazil]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Arne |last=Zuidhoek |title=Piratenencyclopedie |language=Dutch |year=2006 |pages=20–24}}</ref> He is known as "Roche Braziliano", which in English translates to "Rock the [[Brazil]]ian", due to his long exile in Brazil.<ref>{{cite book |
'''Roche Braziliano''' (sometimes spelled ''Rock'', ''Roch'', ''Roc'', ''Roque'', ''Brazilliano'', or ''Brasiliano'') (c. 1630 – disappeared c. 1671), was a [[Dutch Republic|Dutch]] [[Piracy|pirate]] born in the town of [[Groningen (city)|Groningen]]. His pirate career lasted from 1654 until his disappearance around 1671. He was first eternalized in [[Alexandre Exquemelin]]'s 1678 book ''The Buccaneers of America''; Exquemelin did not know Braziliano's real name, but historians have found he was probably born as Gerrit Gerritszoon and that he and his parents moved to [[Dutch Brazil|Dutch-controlled Brazil]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Arne |last=Zuidhoek |title=Piratenencyclopedie |language=Dutch |year=2006 |pages=20–24}}</ref> He is known as "Roche Braziliano", which in English translates to "Rock the [[Brazil]]ian", due to his long exile in Brazil.<ref>{{cite book |
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Roche Braziliano | |
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 An illustration of Roche Braziliano in Alexandre Exquemelin's The Buccaneers of America (1678) | |
| Born | 1630 |
| Died | disappeared c. 1671 |
| Piratical career | |
| Type | Dutch buccaneer |
| Years active | 1654-1671 |
| Base of operations | Port Royal, Jamaica |
Roche Braziliano (sometimes spelled Rock, Roch, Roc, Roque, Brazilliano, or Brasiliano) (c. 1630 – disappeared c. 1671), was a Dutch pirate born in the town of Groningen. His pirate career lasted from 1654 until his disappearance around 1671. He was first eternalized in Alexandre Exquemelin's 1678 book The Buccaneers of America; Exquemelin did not know Braziliano's real name, but historians have found he was probably born as Gerrit Gerritszoon and that he and his parents moved to Dutch-controlled Brazil.[1] He is known as "Roche Braziliano", which in English translates to "Rock the Brazilian", due to his long exile in Brazil.[2]
Pirate career
Roche Braziliano was a notoriously cruel buccaneer who operated out of Port Royal, Jamaica. He was a privateer in Bahia, Brazil, before moving to Port Royal in 1654. He led a mutiny and adopted the life of a buccaneer. On his first adventure he captured a ship of immense value and brought it back safely to Jamaica. He eventually was caught and sent to Spain, but he escaped with threats of vengeance from his followers.[3] He soon resumed his criminal career, purchasing a new ship from fellow pirate François l'Olonnais and later sailing in company with Sir Henry Morgan among others.
Atrocities
Drunken and debauched, Braziliano would threaten to shoot anyone who did not drink with him. He roasted alive two Spanish farmers on wooden spits after they refused to hand over their pigs. He treated his Spanish prisoners barbarously, typically cutting off their limbs or roasting them alive over a fire.[4]
Fate
After 1671, Braziliano was never seen or heard from again. Even to this date, nobody knows what became of the Dutch pirate. Whether he (and his vessel and men) were lost at sea in a brutal storm, was secretly captured, or possibly retired and lived the rest of his life in anonymity is a matter of debate.
Popular culture
- A pirate named Roc Brasiliano was portrayed by Anthony Quinn in the 1952 swashbuckler film Against All Flags.
- Roche Braziliano is one of the pirates featured in the game Sid Meier's Pirates!
References
- General
- Pickering, David. "Pirates". CollinsGem. HarperCollins Publishers, New York, NY. pp-52, 201. 2006.
- Ritsema, Alex (2008), Pirates and Privateers from the Low Countries, Lulu.com, ISBN 978-1-4092-0171-7
- Specific
- ^ Zuidhoek, Arne (2006). Piratenencyclopedie (in Dutch). pp. 20–24.
- ^ Platt, David (1995). Eyewitness Guides to Pirates. London: Dorling Kindersley. p. 64. ISBN 0-7513-6035-X.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Pyle, Howard. Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates. ISBN 1-603-03278-9
- ^ Pickering, David. "Pirates"
