Lewis Scot was a Scottish buccaneer who, according to writer Alexander Esquemeling, was the first pirate to raid Spanish coastal settlements in the

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during the mid-seventeenth century. Scot is especially known for his raid of the Spanish city of

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's Yucatan Peninsula. After receiving a ransom for the city, he is said to have retired in Tortuga.Esquemeling, Alexander. ''The Buccaneers of America''. Harmondsworth, England: Penguin Books, 1969.

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