Amaro Pargo
Amaro Pargo | |
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| Born | Amaro Rodríguez-Felipe y Tejera Machado 3 May 1678 |
| Died | 4 October 1747 (aged 69) San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Crown of Castile |
| Piratical career | |
| Nickname | Amaro Pargo |
| Years active | 1712–1729 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Base of operations | Atlantic West Indies |
| Commands | El Bravo, Ave María, El Clavel, Fortuna, etc |
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Amaro Rodríguez-Felipe y Tejera Machado (3 May 1678 – 4 October 1747), also known as Amaro Pargo, was a Spanish privateer and merchant. He was one of the most well-known Spanish privateers during the Golden Age of Piracy. Pargo was noted for his commercial activities and for his frequent religious donations and aid to the poor. As a privateer, he targeted trade routes between Cádiz and the Caribbean, on several occasions attacking British and Dutch merchant ships, earning recognition in his time as a hero and coming to be regarded as "the Spanish equivalent of Francis Drake". He was declared a Caballero hidalgo in 1725 and obtained certification of nobility and royal arms in 1727.