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Pirates and Plaints From France and Canary Islands
Postscript notes from London report on French and Swiss military movements in Europe. Spaniards near Piombine ravaged the countryside and seized cattle for Orbitello garrison. English pirates attacked ships off La Canaries harbor, while Bern horses and Swiss troops shift toward Italy. In Teneriffe, Don Navarro was seized amid a tobacco trade dispute and forced aboard a French ship.
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France
Paris
Als-main
Leghorn
Naples
Piombine
Orbitello
Balboa
Canary I
Hague
Canton
Italy
Flanders
Holland
Don Navarro
Santa Crux