food. He was captured by the natives from Darién, a modern-day province of Panama. They were captured by the indigenous Kuna tribe, which killed l'Olonnais. Exquemelin wrote that the natives: "...tore him in pieces alive, throwing his body limb by limb into the fire and his ashes into the air; to the intent no trace nor memory might remain of such an infamous, inhuman creature". At some point before his death he sailed briefly to Jamaica to sell off a prize ship. It was purchased in 1668 by Roc Brasiliano, who sailed with Jelles de Lecat against the Spanish alongside Henry Morgan. In popular culture The Japanese transliteration of l'Olonnois (Roronoa) served as inspiration for the name of Roronoa Zoro in the manga series One Piece. In the 1980 film The Island, it is revealed that a secret enclave of pirates had been in existence for three hundred years, after it was established by Jean-David Nau (also known as François l'Olonnais). Furthermore, his South American exploits might have been partial inspiration for the Errol Flynn character, Geoffrey Thorp, in The Sea Hawk (1940 film). Nau is one of nine historical pirates who can be fought in Sid Meier's Pirates! References Exquemelin, Alexander. The History of the Bucaniers of America, 1684. Talty, Stephan. Empire of Blue Water: Captain Morgan's Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe That Ended the Outlaws' Bloody Reign, 2007. Губарев, Виктор. Пираты острова Тортуга, Москва, 2011. External links World History Encyclopedia - François L'Olonais Pirates & Privateers: The History of Maritime Piracy - L'Olonnais 1630s births 1660s deaths 17th-century French people 17th-century pirates People from Les Sables-d'Olonne French pirates French cannibals Cannibalised people Indentured servants People of Saint-Domingue French domestic workers