HOME PORT
It was vital to have a home port to return to for many reasons, unloading hot goods for one. Also repairs and fresh supplies were regular requirements for a sea like the Caribbean.

Hispaniola has a long history of involvement with the development of the Carribean as a resource, its more illustrious residents set up trading posts at key points along the North American coast. John James Audubon, the renowned ornithologist and painter, was born in 1785 in Les Cayes, Saint-Domingue and painted, cataloged and described the birds of North America. The Haitian people's identity has also been forged by the ideals of fairness in society, this has led to revolutions against the superpowers of the time intent on keeping Haiti for themselves.

VISITING PORT-AU-PRINCE

Ahar, tis good to find you with me still at one of my favourite ports. Here I furnishes me ship with anything I couldn't plunder on the high seas, and for fun there's always the spoken word.

Haiti occupies the western half of the island of Hispaniola. and Ayiti (land of high mountains) was the indigenous Taíno name the island  which was a major gateway to the Caribbean. Many, many pirates held over here, French Buccaneers even settled the Western part of Haiti and grew tobacco. Finding everything a man might need to make a good living a lot of The Brethren of the Coast settled too, becoming farmers/traders.  The city of Port-au-Prince lies on a bay which acts as a natural harbor. It has allowed sustained economic activity since the civilizations of the Arawaks.