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The Pirate (published at the end of 1821 with the date 1822) is one of the Waverley novels by Sir Walter Scott, based roughly on the life of John Gow who features as Captain Cleveland. [1] The setting is the southern tip of the main island of Shetland (which Scott visited in 1814), towards the end of the 17th century, with 1689 as the likely ...
Johnson and Poleas jointly commanded the Rhode Island-built 18-gun, 90-man sloop Two Brothers. [2] He was known as a ruthless and bloodthirsty pirate, said to be an excellent shot despite missing a hand: [3] “though he has but one hand, he fires a piece very dexterously, laying the barrel upon his stump, and drawing the trigger with his right hand.” [4] He was also said to keep loaded ...
John Williams captures James Kelley on a slave ship off the coast of West Africa, making him a crewmember. April 15 – Landing on the Isthmus of Darien , John Coxen leads 331 buccaneers, including Bartholomew Sharp, William Dampier , Lionel Wafer , Basil Ringrose , William Dick and John Cox , divided into five groups consisting of Bartholomew ...
John Gow (c. 1698–11 June 1725) [1] was a pirate whose short career was immortalised by Charles Johnson in the 1725 work The History and Lives of All the Most Notorious Pirates and Their Crews. [2]
Among the last of the American merchant trade tall ship sea captains, commanded the barks Herbert Black and Willard Mudget and the ship Bangalore. United States: Yes 1879 1962 Blake, Peter. New Zealand yachtsman who won the Whitbread Race, Jules Verne Trophy, and led New Zealand to successive victories in the America's Cup. New Zealand: 1948 2001
Scouts reported two ships anchored nearby and Johnson’s fleet sailed to meet them. The smaller sloop was not Moody; it had been the New York’s Revenge captained by Richard Worley, another pirate well-known in the Carolinas. [2] Eagle, the larger ship under John Cole, fled the battle with two of Johnson’s ships in pursuit. [3]
John Bowen (16?? – 1704) was a pirate of Créole origin active during the Golden Age of Piracy. [3] He sailed with other famous contemporaries, including Nathaniel North (who would succeed him as captain of Bowen's final ship, the Defiant) and George Booth, who was his captain when he was a crewman aboard the Speaker.
Johnson may have arrived in Jamaica as early as 1661 aboard a slave ship captured by the English. [1] By 1671 Governor Thomas Lynch offered a pardon to pirates who turned themselves in; hearing of the offer, Johnson along with a few men left port in Jamaica and joined with an English pirate captain named Thurston to capture a Spanish frigate, “killing the captain and 12 or 14 more.” [2 ...