Dutch and English traders – though officially illegal – were accepted by the Spanish, but in the Caribbean, French admirals who had come to "protect" Spanish silver home to Europe were regarded with intense suspicion.
Anglickí a holandskí obchodníci – hoci oficiálne ilegálne – boli Španielmi prijatí, ale v Karibiku boli francúzski admiráli, ktorí prišli „chrániť“ španielske striebro na ceste do Európy, prijatí so silnou nedôverou.