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1625

1625: French and English buccaneers begin using Tortuga as a permanent base.

1625: French and English buccaneers begin using Tortuga as a permanent base. From this stronghold, they raided Spanish shipping lanes and established a presence that would lead to French Saint-Domingue.

Source  ·  p. 23 Girard, Haiti: The Tumultuous History, 23