# Lewis Scot

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For other people named Lewis Scott, see [Lewis Scott (disambiguation)](/source/Lewis_Scott_(disambiguation)).

**Lewis Scot** was a Scottish [buccaneer](/source/Buccaneer) who, according to writer [Alexander Esquemeling](/source/Alexander_Esquemeling), was the first pirate to raid Spanish coastal settlements in the [Caribbean](/source/Caribbean) and [West Indies](/source/West_Indies) during the mid-seventeenth century.

Scot is especially known for his raid of the Spanish city of [Campeche](/source/Campeche) on [Mexico](/source/Mexico)'s [Yucatan Peninsula](/source/Yucatan_Peninsula). After receiving a ransom for the city, he is said to have retired in [Tortuga](/source/Tortuga_(Haiti)).[1]

## References

1. Esquemeling, Alexander. *The Buccaneers of America*. Harmondsworth, England: Penguin Books, 1969.

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