François L'Olonais Cigarette Card (Illustration)

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by Metropolitan Museum of Art
published on 19 October 2021

François L'Olonais Cigarette Card — 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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© Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY. Republished for educational/scholarly use under the museum's Open Access for Scholarly Content initiative. Original image by Metropolitan Museum of Art. Uploaded by Mark Cartwright, published on 19 October 2021. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: Copyright. You cannot use, copy, distribute, or modify this item without explicit permission from the author. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.

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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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Art, Metropolitan Museum of. "François L'Olonais Cigarette Card." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 19 Oct 2021. Web. 26 Apr 2024.

François L'Olonais Cigarette Card

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