Clipperton Island
It was, however, during this journey that he is said to have discovered Clipperton Island, which he would use as a hideout. He would later become captain of the "Success" as part of a different privateering syndicate, in which he also held under his nominal command Captain George Shelvocke of the "Speedwell". In his activities attacking Spanish targets on the west coast of the Americas, he used Clipperton Island as a base from which to stage his attacks and store loot and supplies, fortifying Clipperton Rock and expanding its cave network.