Moïse Vauquelin or Moses Vanclein (
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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 Bequel later co-wrote a book detailing their explorations of the Honduran and Yucatán coastline.
Biography
Vauquelin first arrived in the Caribbean from
Normandy
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France
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around 1650. He was part of a buccaneering fleet being organized by
l'Ollonais at the pirate haven of
Tortuga and which would loot and plunder Spanish settlements throughout the
Spanish Main
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during the next two years. Vauquelin was one of several officers serving in this expedition and was present at the raids against
Maracaibo
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and
Gibraltar in 1666 and
Puerto de Cavallo and
San Pedro in 1667.
l'Ollonais and his fleet eventually split up, arguing over l'Ollonais desire to sail for
Guatemala, shortly after