Which Scottish privateer captured a Spanish treasure galleon off the coast of Ecuador in 1709 during the War of the Spanish Succession?
Long before Hollywood pirates, real privateers made fortunes raiding Spanish ships in the Pacific. One Scottish captain's exploits even inspired Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe.
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