Olivier Levasseur
French pirate (c. 1689 – 1730)
Summary
Olivier Levasseur, was a French pirate, nicknamed La Buse or La Bouche or in his early days for the speed and ruthlessness with which he always attacked his enemies as well as his ability to verbally attack his opponents. He is known for his involvement in the Nossa Senhora Do Cabo heist, among the richest plunders in the Golden Age of Piracy, and for a myth concerning buried treasure and a cryptogram.
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