Antonio Barceló
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Antonio Barceló y Pont de la Terra (1 January 1717, in Palma, Majorca – 30 January 1797, in idem) (in Catalan Antoni Barceló i Pont de la Terra) was a Spanish mariner and privateer, lieutenant general (equivalent to Admiral) of the Spanish Royal Armada.
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For the Puerto Rican politician, see Antonio Rafael Barceló.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Barceló and the second or maternal family name is Pont de la Terra.
Of humble origins, Barceló rose to officer of the Spanish Armada on military merits alone, an unusual. He was a leading figure against Barbary piracy and slave trade in the Western Mediterranean, adopting their tactics to counter them and serving himself as a pirate hunter for much of his career.[1] He later developed extensively the usage of naval artillery and gunboats.[1]