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The Republic of Pirates was the base and stronghold of a loose confederacy run by privateers -turned- pirates in Nassau on New Providence island in the Bahamas during the Golden Age of Piracy [1] for about twelve years from 1706 until 1718. While it was not a republic in a formal sense, it was governed by an informal pirate code, which dictated ...
At the Point of a Cutlass: The Pirate Capture, Bold Escape, and Lonely Exile of Philip Ashton. ForeEdge. ISBN 978-1-61168-515-2. Little, Benerson (2011). How History's Greatest Pirates Pillaged, Plundered, and Got Away with It: the Stories, Techniques, and Tactics of the Most Feared Sea Rovers from 1500-1800. Fair Winds Press. Kuhn, Gabriel (2010).
West Indies. Commands. Ranger (30-gun sloop) La Concorde (20-gun cargo ship) Benjamin Hornigold (c. 1680–1719) [1][verification needed] was an English pirate who operated during the tail end of the Golden Age of Piracy. Born in England in the late 17th century, Hornigold began his pirate career in 1713, attacking merchant ships in the Bahamas.
Little is known of John West's life. [ 1] In 1713 he led one of several small pirate bands attacking the Spanish from their bases in the Bahamas. Hornigold, West, Daniel Stillwell, and John Cockram used canoes and open periauger boats and crews of two dozen men to raid off Cuba and Florida. [ 2] After several months of raiding they sailed back ...
History. Captain Martel, Escaping the Scarborough, from the Pirates of the Spanish Main series (N19) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes MET DP835012. Martel began his career as a privateer during the War of Spanish Succession, turning to piracy after the Treaty of Utrecht ended the war. [2] By September 1713 he was active off Jamaica taking several ...
The chasse-partie determined the division of plunder among the crew as well as other rules. 18th-century pirates built upon this concept and created their own version of "Articles of Agreement." Before setting out on their expedition, pirates wrote their articles alongside the election of a captain or quartermaster.
1713–1718 England Pirate, trader, and pirate hunter in the Caribbean, best known for his association with Benjamin Hornigold. John Cole (pirate) d. 1718 1718 England Associated with Richard Worley and William Moody. He is known more for the unusual cargo of his pirate ship than for his piracy. Robert Colley: d. 1698 1695–1698 Colonial America
Peace and Friendship Treaty of Utrecht between France and Great Britain. The Peace of Utrecht was a series of peace treaties signed by the belligerents in the War of the Spanish Succession, in the Dutch city of Utrecht between April 1713 and February 1715. The war involved three contenders for the vacant throne of Spain, and involved much of ...