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Francois Le Clerc had set out from …
Years: 1554 - 1554
Francois Le Clerc had set out from France in 1553 with three royal ships and a number of privateers under commission from Francis I of France, who is envious of the riches returning to Spain from the New World.
The seven-ship pirate fleet led by le Clerc sacks Santiago de Cuba in 1554, occupies it for a month, and leaves with eighty thousand pesos in treasure.
So completely devastated is Cuba's first capital that it will soon be completely eclipsed by Havana, never to recover its former prosperity.
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Years: 1554 - 1554
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