I would think the most famous, and also the last French Corsair would
have been Surcouf:$
I found this about him in wikipedia (although I always treat this
source with caution, and I have not counterchecked it)
Anthony
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corsair
"Robert Surcouf
Robert Surcouf was the last and best known corsair of Saint-Malo.
Born in Saint-Malo in 1773, his father was a ship owner and his
mother the daughter of a Captain. Ship's boy at 13 and corsair
captain at 22 years old, and then — very much against his licence —
for several years attacked ships including those of the French East
India Company, or Compagnie Française des Indes. During the French
revolution, the convention government disapproved of lettres de
course, so Surcouf operated at great personal risk as a pirate
against British shipping to India. Surcouf was so successful that he
became a popular celebrity in France. After a brief early retirement
Surcouf again operated against shipping to the Indes. Surcouf became
a ship owner himself and died in Saint-Malo in 1827. There is a
statue of him on public display."
Le 10 janv. 09 à 05:35, Edward Martin a écrit :
The sonata in F major by SL Weiss in the London MS has a strange
title. The work is also included in the Dresden MS, but is not
entitled Le
Fameux Corsair.
Does anyone have information as to the identity of the "famous
pirate" ?
ed
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