Amaro Pargo, Spanish corsair (died 1747)

Amaro Pargo

Spanish privateer and slave trader (1678–1747)

Amaro Rodríguez-Felipe y Tejera Machado, also known as Amaro Pargo, was a Spanish privateer and slave trader. He was one of the most well-known Spanish privateers during the Golden Age of Piracy. Pargo was noted for his commercial activities and for his frequent religious…