Question: Who is the legendary Spanish pirate who plundered the Gulf Coast and was made famous by his cabin boy’s writings?
Answer: Jose Gaspar, known as Gasparilla
Jose Gasparilla led a group of other adventurous souls to mutiny. They seized control of the ship Florida Blanca and sailed west to Florida, abandoning their home country of Spain and effectively becoming pirates. On the long voyage across the Atlantic, Jose changed his name to the more piratical “Gasparilla” and likewise changed the ship’s name to the Jose Gasparilla.
