An upcoming documentary ‘The Pirates of the Pacific and La Union Islands’ hopes to rescue the historical memory of piracy in the Pacific and La Union Islands
In El Salvador, as in the rest of the world, when talking about the phenomenon of piracy, we immediately relate it to the Caribbean Sea. First, because it was in that area where it mainly developed, and secondly, thanks to the popular depiction of piracy in Hollywood.
This is in addition to local characters, who are among the few who know fragments of this history and have contributed knowledge to find archaeological remains, sunken objects, or intangible cultural heritage such as myths and legends related in some way to the pirates. Here we find fascinating but disturbing documents related to the arrival of Francis Drake to Central America in 1579, including Conchagua island .
These recent graduates hired Captain John Cook to be the captain of their expedition, which he accepted and would be until his death in July 1684, when the expedition was in the Gulf of Nicoya in Costa Rica. The Merry Boys, as Cook called the new graduates, unanimously elected Edward Davis as captain of the Batchelor's Delight.
The crew from the upcoming documentary ‘The Pirates of the Pacific and La Union Islands’. The film hopes to rescue the historical memory of piracy in the Pacific and La Union Islands. In 1693, the construction of the church of the new town of Santiago de Conchagua was completed, where the religious images of Santa Ana de la Teca, Santiago Apostle , Maria Magdalena de Meanguera and Nuestra Senora de las Nieves, from the convent of the port of Amapala, are still preserved today as authentic survivors of the pirate attacks.
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