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SOUBIN, Pierre, surnamed LE MARSEILLAIS (soo-bang), French buccaneer, born in Marseilles about 1625; died at sea near Cuba in 1676. He served on a Dutch merchant vessel, and, being captured in Cuban waters by a Spanish man-of-war, was compelled to enlist among the crew, but in 1652 he deserted, joined the buccaneers in Tortugas, and soon rose to be a leader. After 1665, in association with other chiefs, he participated in the pillaging of Puerto Cabello. San Antonio de Gibraltar, and of the Isthmus of Darien. Afterward, joining Sir Henry Morgan, he was placed at the head of a division and led the assault on Puerto del Principe, but, as Morgan kept the larger share of the booty, Soubin left him in disgust. In 1671 he participated in the expedition to Panama, served in the first division, and led the assault on the fortress of San Lorenzo, on Chagres river. Joining Moyse Van Vin in 1672, he ravaged the coast of Cuba, besieged the city of Maracaibo, which paid them a ransom, pillaged the pearl-fisheries near Rio Hacha, and continued the war against the Spaniards till his death.
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