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  2. 1720 in piracy - Wikipedia

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    Some weeks later, Roberts captures a French ship near Carriacou and commandeers it, renaming it the Royal Fortune. October - Pirates under Rackham's leadership ransack several vessels off northern Jamaica. October - Rackham and his crew are captured by a commissioned sloop commanded by Jonathan Barnet. After the William's boom is damaged, the ...

  3. Capture of the sloop Ranger - Wikipedia

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    The capture of the sloop Ranger was a naval battle which occurred on June 10, 1723 near Block Island in the Atlantic Ocean. Two pirate ships under the command of Englishmen Edward Low and Charles Harris attacked HMS Greyhound , a post ship of the British Royal Navy which they mistook for a civilian whaler .

  4. 1717 in piracy - Wikipedia

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    September 29 – "Gentleman Pirate" Stede Bonnet, who has traded plantation life for a pirate ship, transfers command of his sloop, the Revenge, to Blackbeard. November 28 – Blackbeard captures the French slave ship La Concorde near Martinique , equips her with 40 guns, and renames her the Queen Anne's Revenge .

  5. 1680s in piracy - Wikipedia

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    January – French pirate Jean Hamlin takes the British ship Thomas and William, Richard North commander, near the Isle of Ash, off Hispaniola. Later, the crew reluctantly lets a French man-of-war escorting two Guinea ships continue unharmed. After trading peacefully with Adolph Esmit, Governor of St. Thomas, Hamlin captures a ketch out of ...

  6. Golden Age of Piracy - Wikipedia

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    Stories and histories from the Golden Age form the foundation of many modern depictions of pirates and piracy. A General History of the Pirates (1724) by Captain Charles Johnson is the source of many biographies of well-known pirates, providing an extensive account of the period. [36]

  7. Timeline of piracy in the Bay of Honduras - Wikipedia

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    Pirates, privateers, corsairs, and buccaneers were active in the Bay of Honduras from the 1540s to the 1860s. This is an annotated, chronological list of such events, with sortable tables provided. This is an annotated, chronological list of such events, with sortable tables provided.

  8. Charles Vane - Wikipedia

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    Charles Vane, Defying the Governor, from the Pirates of the Spanish Main series (N19) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes MET DP835025. In August, Vane careened his ship near Abaco, where his accomplice Nicholas Woodall smuggled him supplies and ammunition. Hornigold had turned pirate-hunter along with his associate John Cockram and followed Vane ...

  9. John Evans (pirate) - Wikipedia

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    Sailing their four-gun sloop (now renamed “Scowerer”) to Hispaniola, they soon captured a Spanish sloop. Because their crew was so small, Evans and his men shared out loot of £150 per man. [3] They captured another vessel near the Windward Islands, forcing several sailors to join their crew before releasing the ship. [4]