serviceyears commands death_place death_date birth_place rank article_title name type
c. 1805-1819 petit milan philanthrope gulf of mexico 1819 italy captain vincenzo gambi
 vincenzo gambi pirate
vincenzo gambi

vincenzo gambi -lrb- died 1819 -rrb- was a 19th-century italian pirate .
he was one of the most violent and bloodthirsty men in the gulf of mexico during the early 19th century and raided shipping in the gulf for well over a decade before his death .
gambi was one of several pirates associated with jean lafitte and later assisted him during the battle of new orleans along with dominique you , rene beluche and another fellow italian-born pirate louis `` cut nose '' chigizola .
he is briefly mentioned in the 2007 historical novel `` strangely wonderful : tale of count balashazy '' by karen mercury .
