Assertion: island | /r/ObjectUse | used seeking their fortune
Facets:
value: by mexican smugglers
type: OTHER
value: by immigrants
type: OTHER
value: up to the 1840s
type: TEMPORAL
value: by buccaneers
type: OTHER
value: by merchants
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Up to the 1840s, the island and pass (now the ship channel) were used by buccaneers, Mexican smugglers, merchants and immigrants seeking their fortune or someone else's fortune.