Pirate Latitudes - ENG Reading Challenge Term 1

This book takes place in Port Royal, a fictional stage where the beginning of the book "Pirate Latitudes" begins. Sir James Almont, the first character introduced in this book,  is spoken as a highly prestigious character; of which that he is. He was appointed by another newly introduced character named Charles II, the Governor of Jamaica. Sir James Almont is said to also be a widower with the double up of pain from a plague called "The Gout" which causes him pains. From what I have read so far, it sounds as if the "military" on Port Royal is planning an attack on a Spanish Isla in the middle of the ocean named "Matenceros". This Isla is brought up to be some invulnerable Isla that has been armed to the brim and has gold harbored in its docks. Captain Hunter, the leader of this so-called attack, has been trying to gather a crew to go with him.