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Jean Le Vasseur
Jean Le Vasseur was a French Huguenot engineer who took control of the Caribbean island of Tortuga in 1640 on behalf of the French governor of Saint Kitts. He built the Fort de la Roche above Basse-Terre harbour and repelled a Spanish attack in 1643. Ruling as an independent buccaneer chief, he grew increasingly tyrannical and was murdered by his own lieutenants in 1652.
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