Louis Michel Aury

Louis Michel Aury (* 1788 in Paris, † August 30 1821 in Old Providence Iceland ) was a French pirate.

Life

Aury occurred about 1802 in the French Navy. By 1810, he served on several war - ships and pirates to him a rich pinch allowed to earn their own ship. He left North Carolina in April 1813 and reached in May Cartagena. There he was given command of the privateers of the Republic of New Granada in the war of independence against Spain. In January 1816 he was able to break through the Spanish blockade of Cartagena and sailed with refugees from the besieged city by Aux Cayes, Haiti.

Mexico

After a dispute with Simón Bolívar on his pay, he joined a group of adventurers from New Orleans who wanted to participate in the fight against Spain in the Mexican Texas. Aury left Aux Cayes on 4 June 1816 and reached Belize on July 17. Move succeeded in hijacking several vessels. Much of the pinch was lost in attempting to enter the port of the later city of Galveston. On the night of September 7 mutinied his Haitian team, with Aury was wounded. The mutineers sat down with rich booty to Haiti. A few days later came the Mexican rebel and later Foreign Minister José Manuel de Herrera (1776-1831) in the place, declared him a part of the Republic of México and sat Aury on 13 September 1816 as a governor. Aurys privateers made ​​in the Gulf of Mexico remains ample prey. His business friends from New Orleans sent troops to the conquest of Texas, whose commander Henry Perry but refused to obey commands Aurys. On November 22, 1816 This will be a hit of the revolutionary and privateers Francisco Xavier Mina, with the Aury undertook a campaign against the Spaniards.

Florida

After returning from a privateering against the Spaniards Aury realized that Galveston had since been occupied by the pirate Jean Laffite, who used it as his base. On 31 July 1817, he resigned from his post in Galveston and joined the rebels Gregor MacGregor of which wanted to attack the Spanish Florida from Amelia from Iceland. In December 1817 he drove the American army from Florida.

Old Providence Iceland

After that, he was on July 4, 1818 Old Providence Iceland conquer the Caribbean off the coast of Colombia, where he ran a successful trade with the spoils of his privateering. In August 1821 Aury said to have died there when he threw off his horse. It was also alleged that he had been alive in 1845 in Havana.

This and That

Aury had its own pirate flag with a saber, an olive branch and a laurel wreath above.