A year or two after the piratical activities, John David Nau was shipwrecked off the coast of Campeche. He then hid among the bodies on the beach so that the Spanish could not find him. With the help of a group of prisoners, Nao stole a canoe and fled to Tortuga. Later he stole a new ship and enraged the Spanish governor. The governor also planned to launch an anti-buccaneer campaign, but his subjects in Cuba persuaded him to stop.