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Barataria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (197 words) |
 | Barataria (Don Quixote), a fictional ínsula ("isle") awarded by some noblemen to Sancho Panza as a prank in Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote. |
 | The Barataria Bay in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, used as the base of the pirates led by Jean Lafitte in the early 19th century |
 | Barataria is a town in Trinidad and Tobago. |
| Barataria II (1573 words) |
 | On the morning of 9 January, Barataria, joined by Currituck, left the convoy and proceeded to eastern Lingayen Gulf where she planted seaplane moorings, anchors, and buoys in the shallow waters south of Aringay Point. |
 | Barataria then spent the entire month of February and the first two weeks of March back at Cabalitan Bay, establishing a seaplane ramp on the south shore of Cabalitan Island and continuing to tend the "Catalinas" of VPB 71 as they carried out night reconnaissance and attack missions. |
 | Underway for the coast of China, on the 24th, Barataria reached Shanghai on the 27th and, for the remainder of September, tended the planes of VPB 17 which were flying mail and passengers in and out of Shanghai. |