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  2. Bonnet Creek Resort - Wikipedia

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    Wyndham Resort Bonnet Creek Map in relation to Walt Disney World. Bonnet Creek Resort is a development in the southeast corner of Walt Disney World. The land, which is not owned by Disney, is bordered on three sides by Disney-owned land and on the fourth side by Interstate 4. It is surrounded by the Bonnet Creek nature preserve and is named ...

  3. Whydah Gally - Wikipedia

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    The venue includes videos, artifacts, educational live personal narrations to include supplementary audio programs, interactive activities, a 3/4 scale mock-up of the rear of the vessel and is supported by costumed actors portraying real-life historical pirates from the ship. A walking tour takes between 1–4 hours depending upon level of ...

  4. West Indies anti-piracy operations of the United States

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    The pirates robbed the ship and set her on fire, Grampus arrived when Shiboleth was still burning and took off her surviving crew. A few days later, pirates attacked another merchant before being detected by the Spanish Army and captured. USS Ferret ' s crew skirmished with the brigands in June.

  5. 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 .

  6. Barry Clifford - Wikipedia

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    In 1999 and 2000, Clifford and his project team completed three expeditions to Île Sainte-Marie off the coast of Madagascar, as a Discovery Channel Expedition Adventure initiative and tentatively identified the pirate ship Adventure Galley (flagship of William Kidd) and another pirate ship which could be the Fiery Dragon (commanded by the pirate Christopher Condent, also known as William Condon).

  7. Ignatius Pell - Wikipedia

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    Ignatius Pell was a pirate who served as the boatswain [1] to Captain Stede Bonnet aboard the Royal James, a ship previously named Revenge. [2] He was arrested in October 1718 and testified against his crew and captain.

  8. Battle of Cape Fear River (1718) - Wikipedia

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    Cordingly, David. Under the Black Flag: The Romance and Reality of Life Among the Pirates New York: Random House, (1996) ISBN 0-679-42560-8. The Tryals of Major Stede Bonnet, and Other Pirates. London, Printed for Benj Cowse at the Rose and Crown in St Paul's Church-Yard, (1719) Woodard, Colin. The Republic of Pirates. New York: Harcourt, 2007.

  9. Pirate ship (ride) - Wikipedia

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    Black Buccaneer at Chessington World of Adventures.Riders at the apex of each swing are typically suspended at around 60 feet (18 metres) above the ground. A pirate ship is a type of amusement ride based on pirate ships, consisting of an open, seated gondola (usually in the style of a pirate ship) which swings back and forth, subjecting the rider to various levels of angular momentum.