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Adventures of a Pirate Turned Soldier in Brazil and Venezuela
The memoir recounts a ship captain’s exploits from Brazil in the 1890s, including a mission to destroy a warship, naval confrontations with Admiral Mello, and later political upheavals in Venezuela with Crespo and Castro. It notes his capture aboard the Charleston and appeals by American officers, and ends with continued clashes in Venezuela and foreign concessions contested by Castro’s regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosario
Brazil
Parava
St. Stephens
Rio Janeiro
Freitas
Dom Pedro II
Deodoro da Fonseca
Floriano Pelixotto
Deodoro
Floriano
Mello
Saldanha da Gama
Naval Academy
Rio
Riachuelo
Itumary
San Pedro
Dom Pedro
Santa Catarina
Republica
Aids
Safa
Venezuela
Guzman
Soldanha
Nel Pimental
Naval School
Nichtheroy Bay
Santa Cruz
Nidtheroy Bay
Rio Bay
Lang
Admiral Mello
Charleston
United States
Washington
Picking
Benham
da Gama
Admiral Benham
Castro
Hernandez
el Mocho
Crespo
Andrade
Victoria
Los Andes
Caracas
Yellow House
Ferrer
Alta Corte Federale
Supreme Court