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Robert Surcouf

1773–1827 · 19th century

Robert Surcouf was a French privateer and slave trader from Saint-Malo who operated in the Indian Ocean from Île de France, now Mauritius. During the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars he captured many British merchant ships, most famously the East Indiaman Kent in 1800. He retired rich as a shipowner in Saint-Malo.

Robert Surcouf
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Robert Surcouf. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/robert-surcouf
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