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Jonathan Barnet (1677/78 – 1745) [1] [2] was an English privateer in the Caribbean, best known for capturing pirates Calico Jack, Anne Bonny, and Mary Read. The Assembly of the Colony of Jamaica gave him a financial reward and a large estate in the parish of St James, where enslaved Africans worked. [3]
Stone found below St. Patrick's Well. St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland. Other places named after Saint Patrick include: Patrickswell Lane, a well in Drogheda Town where St. Patrick opened a monastery and baptised the townspeople. Ardpatrick, County Limerick (from Irish Ard Pádraig, meaning 'high place of Patrick') [144] [failed ...
Piracy kidnappings occur during piracy, when people are kidnapped by pirates or taken hostage.Article 1 of the United Nations International Convention against the Taking of Hostages defines a hostage-taker as "any person who seizes or detains and threatens to kill, to injure, or to continue to detain another person (hereinafter referred to as the 'hostage') in order to compel a third party ...
St Patrick's Rock and light. St Patrick's Rock [1] or St Patrick's Stone [2] is located in the River Clyde (NS461724) close to the Erskine Bridge and the old Erskine Ferry on the Renfrewshire side of the river. [3] It is reputedly the location from which the 16 year old Saint Patrick was kidnapped by Irish pirates whilst he was fishing. [4]
1985 – A Flag to Fly: Based on True Story of the St. Patrick's Battalion in Mexico 1847, by Chris Matthews; 1996 – The San Patricios, directed by Mark R. Day; 1997 – In the Rogue Blood, by James Carlos Blake, winner of Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction, 1998 – St. Patrick's Battalion, documentary film directed by Jason Hool
This category is for people who survived capture. Some became pirates themselves, either voluntarily or under duress. For those less fortunate, see Category:People killed by pirates. Also included herein are people claimed to have been captured.
The Leprechauns' Christmas Gold: a Rankin-Bass St. Patrick's Day/Christmas special (1981) Lil' Bush: "St. Patrick's Day" (2008) Lippy the Lion & Hardy Har Har: "Shamrocked" (1963) Looney Tunes Cartoons: "Lepreconned" (2021) The Loud House: "No Such Luck" (2017) Martin Mystery: Rage of the Leprechaun (2006) Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Minnie's ...
Edward England was captured by the pirate captain Christopher Winter and forced to join the crew. He took part in Henry Jennings' expedition for the sunken 1715 Treasure Fleet off the coast of Florida, and then began sailing with Charles Vane in 1718. Other prominent pirates accepting the King's Pardon, England and some of his men sailed for ...