Chevalier du Plessis was a French

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active in the

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in the 1660s. Du Plessis allowed fellow privateer

Moïse Vauquelin Moïse Vauquelin or Moses Vanclein (fl. 1650–1670) was a 17th-century French buccaneer. During his four-year career as a pirate, he served as an officer under l'Ollonais and formed a brief partnership with Pierre Le Picard. He and Philippe Be ...

to work on board and when he died in 1668, Vauquelin succeeded him as captain.

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