Jose Gasparilla

Jose Gasparilla (HMNBD)

Location: Tampa, FL 33606 Hillsborough County
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Country: United States of America
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N 27° 56.417', W 82° 27.58'

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An 18th Century West Indiaman

??This vessel named for Jose Gaspar a gentleman Lieutenant of the Royal Spanish Navy, who achieved great fame as a pirate headquartered on Florida's Gulf Coast.
??????As leader of a mutinous uprising, Lt. Gaspar seized command of the Spanish war-sloop FloridaBlanca in 1783. Known as "Gasparilla", he captured and destroyed thirty-six or more ships in twelve years of piracy; a career ended with an attack upon a U.S. Navy warship disguised as a merchantman. He was drowned when he leaped into the sea to avoid capture.
??????Gasparilla's spirit lives on as Ye Mystic Krewe boards the Jose Gasparilla each February to beseige the city's defenses with shot and shell a tradition since May, 1904.
??????Successful in battle, Ye Mystic Krewe parades triumphantly through the streets of Tampa. Holding the city in a week-long festival of merrymaking, the joyous pirates pledge allegiance to a newly-crowned King Gasparilla and his Queen.
??????By mandate of the Pirate King - Ye Mystic Krewe boards the ship "Jose Gasparilla" the second Saturday in February departing to return February next.
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Date Added Tuesday, October 21st, 2014 at 2:33pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17R E 356394 N 3091444
Decimal Degrees27.94028333, -82.45966667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 27° 56.417', W 82° 27.58'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds27° 56' 25.02" N, 82° 27' 34.80" W
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Area Code(s)813
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 320 Bayshore Blvd, Tampa FL 33606, US
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