He is known for allegedly hiding one of the biggest treasures in pirate history, estimated at over £1 billion, and leaving a cryptogram behind with clues to its whereabouts.īorn at Calais during the Nine Years' War (1688–1697) to a wealthy bourgeois family, Levasseur became an architect after receiving an excellent education. Olivier Levasseur (1688, 1689, or 1690 – 7 July 1730), was a French pirate, nicknamed La Buse ('The Buzzard') or La Bouche ('The Mouth') in his early days for the speed and ruthlessness with which he always attacked his enemies as well as his ability to verbally attack his opponents. Gravestone traditionally attributed to La Buse (Olivier Levasseur) in Saint-Paul, Réunion ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)

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