Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1697, a ƙarƙashin Baron de Pointis ya yi nasarar mamaye garin Cartagena de Indias na Kudancin Amurka
, amma ba a karɓi kashi 1/5 na ganimar da aka alkawarta ba. Daga nan sai ya tashi zuwa Faransa, don neman rabonsa daga Sarki Louis XIV da kansa. A zahiri shi da mutanensa sun sami diyya na Francs miliyan 1.4. Bugu da ƙari, an ɗaukaka shi zuwa admiral kuma ya zama jarumi a cikin tsari na Saint Louis.