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Piracy in the South China Sea (1 C, 11 P) Piracy in the United States (3 C, 13 P) Pages in category "Piracy in the Pacific Ocean" ... Salvador Pirates; Santísima ...
Suspected pirates assemble on the deck of a dhow near waters off of western Malaysia, January 2006.. Piracy in the 21st century (commonly known as modern piracy) has taken place in a number of waters around the globe, including but not limited to, the Gulf of Guinea, Gulf of Aden, [1] Arabian Sea, [2] Strait of Malacca, Sulu and Celebes Seas, Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal and Falcon Lake.
The Barbary pirates were pirates and privateers that operated from the North African (the "Barbary coast") ports of Algiers, Morocco, Salé, Tripoli, and Tunis, preying on shipping in the western Mediterranean Sea from the time of the Crusades as well as on ships on their way to Asia around Africa until the early 19th century.
Image credits: Culture Club / Getty Images #3 Blackbeard. Edward Teach, known as Blackbeard, is perhaps one of history’s most fearsome and famous pirates. Unsurprisingly, Teach sported a braided ...
John Alexander, an officer under Bartholomew Sharp, drowns at sea. May–August – William Wright along with eight other privateers, later joined an additional 50 English South Sea sailors, departs the San Blas Islands to raid the Spanish city of Cartago, Costa Rica however many of the privateers miss the rendezvous at San Andrés Island .
One of the earliest pirates active in the Indian Ocean and Red Sea. John Bowen: d. 1704 1700–1704 Bermuda: Was active in the Indian Ocean, his contemporaries included George Booth and Nathaniel North. Joseph Bradish: d. 1700 1698–1700 Unknown A pirate best known for a single incident involving a mutiny. John Breholt: 17th–18th centuries ...
April – Baltazar de Cordes captures the island of Chiloé along with Dutch and native forces. [1]December 14 – Olivier van Noort and the Spanish engage in a naval combat off Fortune Island, forcing van Noort to quit piracy in the Philippines.
Salvador Pirates was the name given to the band of Confederate Navy sailors that attempted to seize a Panama Railroad coastal steamer on the high seas. Their intent was then to arm her and attack the Pacific Mail steamers and the American whalers in the North Pacific .