page_title: USS Wild Cat (1822)
hierarchical_section_title: USS Wild Cat (1822)
caption_attribution_description: English: This is Finley’s desirable 1827 map of the West Indies and Caribbean. Shows the Greater and LEsser Antilles as well as the Bahamas and portions of the Spanish Main. Islands are color coded according to their European claimants. Shows cities, forts, bays, rivers, roads, and some topographical features. It the Bahamas, Finley identifies Guanaham or Cat Isle, the first land in the America to be sighted by Columbus. Mile scales and title in upper right quadrant. Engraved by Young and Delleker for the 1827 edition of Anthony Finley's General Atlas .
context_page_description: USS Wildcat was a two masted schooner of 48 tons and was part of a naval fleet, the West Indies Squadron, that sailed to the Caribbean to subdue the occurrence of pirate raids on merchant ships that had increased to almost 3,000 by the early 1820s. She was armed with three guns and had a crew of 31. Wildcat was commanded by Lieutenant Legare' who sailed her to Washington with a dispatch regarding the disposition of the squadron and other matters concerning the war against piracy in the Caribbean. On 28 October 1824 Wildcat was lost in a gale with all hands while sailing between Cuba and Thompson's Island, West Indies. Approximately 31 drowned.
context_section_description: USS Wildcat was a two masted schooner of 48 tons  and was part of a naval fleet, the West Indies Squadron, that sailed to the Caribbean to subdue the occurrence of pirate raids on merchant ships that had increased to almost 3,000 by the early 1820s. She was armed with three guns and had a crew of 31. Wildcat was commanded by Lieutenant Legare' who sailed her to Washington with a dispatch regarding the disposition of the squadron and other matters concerning the war against piracy in the Caribbean. On 28 October 1824 Wildcat was lost in a gale with all hands while sailing between Cuba and Thompson's Island, West Indies. Approximately 31 drowned.
caption: Map of early 1800s West Indies
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