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  2. Golden Age of Piracy - Wikipedia

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    The Life and Tryals of the Gentleman Pirate, Major Stede Bonnet. Virginia Beach, VA: Köehlerbooks. ISBN 978-1-6466-3151-3. Pérotin-Dumon, Anne (1991). "The Pirate and the Emperor: Power and the Law on the Seas, 1450–1850". In Tracy, James D. (ed.). The Political Economy of Merchant Empires State Power and World Trade, 1350–1750. Studies ...

  3. Timeline of piracy - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. ... This is a timeline of the history of piracy. Piracy in ancient history;

  4. Barbary slave trade - Wikipedia

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    In the first years of the 19th century, the United States, allied with European nations, fought and won the First and the Second Barbary Wars against the pirates. The wars were a direct response of the American, British, French and the Dutch states to the raids and the slave trade by the Barbary pirates against them, which ended in the 1830s ...

  5. List of pirates - Wikipedia

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    Recorded as the first black pirate to operate in the New World. [28] James Kelly (James Gilliam) d. 1701 to 1699 England Active in the Indian Ocean, Kelly was a long-time associate of William Kidd. William "Captain" Kidd: 1645–1701 1695–1699 Scotland

  6. Piracy in the Sulu and Celebes Seas - Wikipedia

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    An Iranun pirate armed with a spear, a kampilan sword, and a kris dagger. The Sulu and Celebes Seas, a semi-enclosed sea area and porous region that covers an area of space around 1 million square kilometres, [1] have been subject to illegal maritime activities since the pre-colonial era [2] and continue to pose a maritime security threat to bordering nations up to this day.

  7. Piracy - Wikipedia

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    A 400-year-old Spanish-era structure built to guard against pirates, later used in World War II as a communication tower for the USAFIP-NL airfield. Currimao Watchtower, Ilocos Norte. 'Currimao' comes from the Iloco term cumaws (pirates) and the Spanish word correr (to run), reflecting the warnings given by watchmen during pirate attacts.

  8. Edelweiss Pirates - Wikipedia

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    The Edelweiss Pirates (German: Edelweißpiraten [ˈeːdl̩vaɪs.piˌʁaːtn̩] ⓘ) were a loosely organized group of youths opposed to the status quo of Nazi Germany. They emerged in western Germany out of the German Youth Movement of the late 1930s in response to the strict regimentation of the Hitler Youth .

  9. List of timelines of World War II - Wikipedia

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    Timeline of Sweden during World War II (1939–1945) Timeline of the Netherlands during World War II (1939–1945) Chronology of the liberation of Dutch cities and towns during World War II; Chronology of the liberation of Belgian cities and towns during World War II; Timeline of the Manhattan Project (1939–1947) Timeline of air operations ...