Jean Lafitte's teeth

I want to travel and taste cooking of the entire world!!

I am Jean Lafitte! The most famous french pirat!! I traveled the world aboard my precious ship "La Soeur Cherie". Some people say that my goal is to become the lawfull owner of slaves and resell them... but they are wrong!!! In fact i'm a gourmet, i love food! i love vines!! i wanna taste everything! but during the battle of New Orleans in 1814 i get hurt and now i can't travel anymore....'sigh'..... Anyway, i had a wonderfull idea to keep tasting food of all around the word! I take out my teeth and throw them into the sea!! Great idea isn't it? BUT I NEED YOU NOW to help them travel the world and give them delicious food of your country!

You can learn more about me if you want! here is a short summary of my life, check my story! ;)

Jean Lafitte (1776 – 1823) was a French pirat and privateer in the Gulf of Mexico in the early 19th century. He and his elder brother, Pierre, spelled their last name Laffite, but English-language documents of the time used "Lafitte". The latter has become the common spelling in the United States, including for places named for him.

Lafitte is believed to have been born either in France or the French colony of Saint Domingue. By 1805, he operated a warehouse in New Orleans to help disperse the goods smuggled by his brother Pierre Lafitte. After the United States government passed the Embargo Act of 1807, the Lafittes moved their operations to an island in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. By 1810, their new port was very successful; the Lafittes pursued a successful smuggling operation and also started to engage in piracy.

Though Lafitte tried to warn Barataria of a British attack, the American authorities successfully invaded in 1814 and captured most of Lafitte's fleet. In return for a pardon, Lafitte helped General Andrew Jackson defend New Orleans against the British in 1815. The Lafittes became spies for the Spanish during the Mexican War of Independance and moved to Galveston Island, Texas, where they developed a pirate colony called Campeche.

Lafitte continued attacking merchant ships as a pirate around Central American ports until he died around 1823 trying to capture Spanish vessels. Speculation about his life and death continues among historians.