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Although pirates such as Charles Vane and Blackbeard evaded capture, Hornigold did take ten pirates prisoner and on the morning of 12 December 1718, nine of them were executed. This act re-established British control and ended the pirates' republic in the Bahamas. Those pirates who had fled successfully continued their piratical activities ...
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; ... This timeline of the history of piracy in the 1630s is a chronological list of key events involving pirates ...
Most pirates in this era were of Welsh, English, Dutch, Irish, and French origin. Many pirates came from poorer urban areas in search of a way to make money and of reprieve. London in particular was known for high unemployment, crowding, and poverty which drove people to piracy. Piracy also offered power and quick riches. [citation needed]
February – An act is passed by the House of Assembly of Jamaica (An Act For the Restraining and Punishing Privateers and Pirates. ) prohibiting trade with pirates. March – Pirate hunter Thomas Pain , allegedly commissioned by Jamaican Governor Thomas Lynch , leads a group of privateers in a raid against St. Augustine, Florida however they ...
The typical pirate crew was an unorthodox mixture of former sailors, escaped convicts, disillusioned men, and possibly escapee or former slaves, among others, looking for wealth at any cost; once aboard a seafaring vessel, the group would draw-up their own ship- and crew-specific code (or articles), which listed and described the crew's ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... This timeline of the history of piracy in the 1640s is a chronological list of key events involving pirates ...
With the end of the first Anglo-Spanish war under James I, and the corresponding end to English privateering in 1603, English sailors resorted to piracy. [3] In 1611, Captain Richard Bishop became one of the first notable pirates to be pardoned, having surrendered partly due to qualms about attacking English ships.
Benjamin Franks, an English privateer and an officer under Captain William Kidd. [9] Laurens de Graaf, a Dutch pirate active in the Caribbean during the 1680s. Montauband, a French buccaneer active in the West Indies between 1675 and 1695. [10] Thomas Pound, an English pirate active in New England and the Atlantic during the late 1680s. [11]