François L'Olonais Cigarette Card

Illustration

Mark Cartwright
by Metropolitan Museum of Art
published on 19 October 2021
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A late-19th century cigarette card showing the French buccaneer and pirate François L'Olonais (1630-1668). L'Olonias was the cruellest of all buccaneers, torturing and executing almost all of his captives during a brutal career attacking the Spanish Main. He was tortured and killed by cannibals in 1688. Produced by Allen & Ginter. Lithographer: George S. Harris & Sons. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

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Art, M. M. o. (2021, October 19). François L'Olonais Cigarette Card. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/14737/francois-lolonais-cigarette-card/

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