Arr! Gasparilla in Tampa is Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. Attendees can witness the "pirate invasion" as Jose Gasparilla ship sets sail at Hillsborough Bay ...

He settled along the many barrier islands in Southwest Florida, with his alleged diary claiming he captured 36 ships for 11 years from 1784 to 1795. Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla wrote that Gaspar ...

Every year, an estimated 300,000 participants come to Tampa for Gasparilla Pirate Festival, a mock attack by a band of pirates called Ye Mystic Krewe. The pirates’ plot is simple: storm the shores, ...

“In 1783, having become a traitor and a pirate, José Gaspar gave the name of “Gasparilla” to himself as well as to his ship and the island in Charlotte Harbor, on the west coast of Florida near Fort ...

“In 1783, having become a traitor and a pirate, José Gaspar gave the name of “Gasparilla” to himself as well as to his ship and the island in Charlotte Harbor, on the west coast of Florida ...

The name "Gasparilla" comes from the mythical Florida pirate named José Gaspar who named his ship the "Jose Gasparilla." Gasparilla Pirate Festival is celebrated in downtown Tampa.

He settled along the many barrier islands in Southwest Florida, with his alleged diary claiming he captured 36 ships for 11 years from 1784 to 1795. Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla wrote that ...