Question: What pirate’s ship was named the Florida Blanca?
Answer: Jose Gaspar, known as the pirate Gasparilla.
Jose Gaspar led a group of adventurous souls to mutiny. They seized control of the ship the Florida Blanca and sailed west to Florida, abandoning their home country of Spain and effectively became pirates. On the long voyage across the Atlantic, Jose Gaspar changed his name to the more piratical Gasparilla and likewise changed the ship’s name to the Jose Gasparilla.
