Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean

FOOTNOTES

^*1 A third daughter, Marina, wed the grandson of Columbus’s supporter, the Duke of Medina Sidonia; a fourth, Ana, wed her father’s successor as treasurer of the colony, Juan de Sosa Cabrera.

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^*2 Approximately 10,000 from Spain, 6,000 Italians, 7,000 Germans, 5,000 Genoese, and 1,000 Knights of Malta.

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^*3 A court of judges with jurisdiction over Spain’s New World colonies.

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^*4 The wording of the title perhaps signifies the guardian role of the Columbus heirs over the Portugals and their founding of Villa de la Vega in 1534.

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^*5 To avoid detection, many covert Jews were not circumcised until they arrived in Holland. Once there, if one died before being circumcised, it had to be done to his corpse if he was to be buried in the Jewish cemetery.

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^*6 Moses was the likely designate, since he spoke Spanish and was trusted by Heyn.

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^*7 This other line of the Cohen Henriques family would prove a source of confusion to later historians.

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