Jean Doublet

Jean Doublet is a Corsaire French, born with Honfleur in the last months of 1655, and dead the December 20th 1728 with Barneville-la-Bertran. He is the son of François Doublet, contractor adventurous.

Jean Doublet remains ignored, in spite of a long career at sea of forty-eight years, at the very least very heteroclite. He is the privileged witness of the whole of the maritime history of the time of Louis XIV, of which he left us a testimony, reconstituted at the end of his life, having lost by twice the whole of the writings of his log book. He is without question the most prolix corsair, having left these memories written carefully and meticulousness.

Biography

It is at the seven years age that Jean Doublet carries out his baptism of sea. Whereas his/her father is on the point of leaving in forwarding for the Canada, with an aim of establishing there a colony in the islands Brion and Midsummer's Day, in the bay of the Acadie, the young person Jean Doublet hides under linens to embark with his father, who opposed it. Discovered little time after, by the Jean foreman the Hope, being thrown of tiredness on the linens which hid it. His/her desired father in anger to make it bring back by the first ship bound for Honfleur crossing them, but the opportunity did not arise, also Jean have the unique opportunity to follow his/her father lasting the whole of his company.

Sources

Yvon Cozannet and Gerard Ducable, Jean Doublet, the Corsair of the Sun king , Editions of the Rock, coll “Ventures and adventurers”, 1990
Patrick Villiers, 13th International symposium of the CRLV: The maritime Adventure. Pirates, corsairs and flibustiers. , 1999 (consulted page on March 31st, 2007)

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