1. Campeche - Noun
2. Campeche - Proper noun
a Mexican state on the eastern part of the Gulf of Campeche
a Mexican city on the Bay of Campeche
Source: WordNetAlso contributing to the increase of Caribbean piracy at this time was Spain's breakup of the English logwood settlement at Campeche and the attractions of a freshly sunken silver fleet off the southern Bahamas in 1715. Source: Internet
End of Campeche In 1821, the schooner USS was sent to Galveston to remove Lafitte from the Gulf. Source: Internet
In 1852 due to internal struggles between opposing political factions, was created the Territory of Campeche. Source: Internet
Pirates attacked, plundered and ravaged several cities like Campeche (1557), Veracruz (1568) and Alvarado (1667). Source: Internet
Ramsay (1996), p. 93. Lafitte named his colony Campeche, after a Mexican outpost further south along the Gulf Coast. Source: Internet
The sack of Campeche was considered the first such raid and many others that followed replicated the same techniques including the attack on Veracruz in 1683 and the raid on Cartagena later that same year. Source: Internet