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In the early 17th century in Munster (Ireland's southernmost province), Leamcon (near Schull [12]) was a pirate stronghold, while pirates traded easily in nearby Baltimore and Whiddy Island. [13] Munster's coast provided favorable geography in the form of harbors, bays , islands, anchorages and headlands , while the province's remoteness made ...
Cilician pirates dominated the Mediterranean Sea from the 2nd century BC until their suppression by Pompey in 67–66 BC. Because there were notorious pirate strongholds in Cilicia, on the southern coast of Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey), the term "Cilician" was long used to generically refer to any pirates in the Mediterranean.
After fleeing from Jamaica to escape murder charges, Baldridge sailed to Madagascar and, by 1690, had established a base of operations on the island of St. Mary's.By the following year, Baldridge controlled the inland waterway into St. Mary's having established a virtual stronghold overlooking the island harbour as well as protecting the settlements' warehouses.
Image credits: Fototeca Storica Nazionale / Getty Images #4 Black Sam Bellamy. An English pirate, Black Sam Bellamy, was born in Devon, England, around 1689-1690. He sailed to America, seeking ...
The most famous pirate in the Persian Gulf, he ruled over Qatar and Dammam for short periods and fought alongside the Wahhabis against the Al-Khalifa tribe of Bahrain. [50] Bill Johnston: 1782–1870 1810–1860 United States Nicknamed "Pirate of the Thousand Islands". Edward Jordan: 1771–1809 1794–1809 Canada
The French also maintained privateering strongholds around western Hispaniola, at their traditional pirate port of Tortuga, and their Hispaniolan capital of Petit-Goâve. The French further expanded their settlements on the western half of Hispaniola and founded Léogâne and Port-de-Paix , even as sugar plantations became the primary industry ...
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.
Libertatia (also known as Libertalia) was a purported pirate colony founded in the late 17th century in Madagascar under the leadership of Captain James Misson (last name occasionally spelled "Mission", first name occasionally given as "Olivier").