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Tortuga, also known as Tortuga Port, named by the Spanish after the turtle it resembled, was an island in the Caribbean, located north of Hispaniola. Of all the pirate islands in the Caribbean, none was the equal of Tortuga. Dangerous, boisterous, drunken, and bawdy, Tortuga was pirate heaven. Around the Age of Piracy, the isle of Tortuga became a major center of piracy in the 17th century. The island would serve as the ramshackle haven for pirates, rogues, scoundrels, outlaws and sailors…

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"I thought you said this place was just sand.""Sand has its virtues." ―Eleanor Guthrie and Max[src] Nassau was the largest port on New Providence Island, and one of the largest commercial centres in the entire Bahamas. From 1706 it was a haven for pirates who governed it as the Republic of Pirates. The activities of the pirates caused havoc with trade and shipping throughout the West Indies. The harbor is relatively shallow, only small boats and two masted vessels can dock on the beach...

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