Benito de Soto, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Benito de Soto

Spanish pirate

Date of Birth: 22-Apr-1805

Place of Birth: Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain

Date of Death: 25-Jan-1830

Profession: privateer

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Benito Soto Aboal (March 22, 1805, Pontevedra - January 25, 1830, Gibraltar) was a Galician (some sources say Portuguese) pirate, and captain of the Burla Negra ("Black Joke"). Benito de Soto was the most notorious of the last generation of pirates to plunder shipping in the Atlantic, one of those arising from the ending of the Napoleonic Wars.