 The exact site of the attack is uncertain; Exquemelin at one point says the Caicos Islands were the scene of the crime, and at another point places the attack at Cape Tiburón, off the southwest coast of Hispaniola.Pierre had recruited a crew of 28 men on a single small boat and sailed in search of Spanish ships to rob.After a long, fruitless cruise, his buccaneer band spotted a ship, a straggler from the Spanish treasure fleet.