Lewis Scot was a Scottish buccaneer who, according to writer

Alexander Esquemeling Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin (also spelled ''Esquemeling'', ''Exquemeling'', or ''Oexmelin'') (c. 1645–1707) was a French, Dutch or Flemish writer best known as the author of one of the most important sourcebooks of 17th-century piracy, first p ...

, was the first pirate to raid Spanish coastal settlements in the

Caribbean The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Se ...

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

Campeche Campeche (; yua, Kaampech ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Campeche ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Campeche), is one of the 31 states which make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. Located in southeast Mexico, it is bordered by ...

on Mexico'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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