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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] Johnson gives an almost mythical status to the more colorful characters such as the notorious English pirates Blackbeard and Calico Jack .
In 1580, however, a ragtag group of pirates forced the natives of Cagayan into submission. These raiders were called wokou and had been previously fought by the Chinese Jiajing Emperor . In response, the Governor-General of the Philippines Gonzalo Ronquillo commissioned Juan Pablo de Carrión, hidalgo and a captain of the Spanish navy , to deal ...
Peter Gerhard, Pirates of New Spain, 1575–1742. Dover Books 2003. ISBN 978-0486426112; Peter Gerhard, Pirates of the Pacific, 1575–1742. University of Nebraska Press 1990 ISBN 978-0803270305; Captain Charles Johnson, A General History of the Pyrates. Kritzler, Edward, Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean. Anchor Books 2009. ISBN 978-0-7679-1952-4
The pirates expect to easily sink it, but to their surprise their cannons explode, having been double-shotted. Faced with imminent defeat and execution, Brasiliano uses the princess as a human shield to sail away. However, Hawke and his men slip aboard, rescue the hostage and fight off the crew with Spitfire's help.
Bartholomew Roberts (17 May 1682 – 10 February 1722), born John Roberts, was a Welsh pirate who was, measured by vessels captured, the most successful pirate of the Golden Age of Piracy. [2]
Ogle then turned about, raised the White Ensign and engaged Captain Skyrme, who still did not realize the Swallow was a Royal Navy frigate. After a relatively short action, the sloop was captured, made a prize, and ten pirates were killed. Ogle then patiently sailed back to Cape Lopez where he arrived five days later on February 10, 1722.
He was one of the first pirates to be hunted down by Commodore David Porter and the Mosquito Fleet during the early 1820s. Charles Gibbs: 1798–1831 1816–1831 United States One of the last pirates active in the Caribbean, and one of the last people executed for piracy by the United States. [55] "Don" Pedro Gilbert: 1800–1834 1832–1834 ...
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.