western pirates
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Updated: 25 Oct 2019
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Created byJohnathan Carson
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Sir Francis Drake becomes a ship's boy at the
age of 11, beginning his very successful
pirating career leading up to him being a
captain and merchant who was with the
British, often attacking the Spanish (1553)Sir Francis Drake
dies of dysentery (1596)Port Royal is Devastated by an earthquake,
signaling the end of Buccaneering in the Caribbean. (1692)Henry Morgan successfully
pillages the treasure city of Panama (1671)The English occupy Jamaica (1655)Drake returns home to England
with a small fortune after two
years of piratical expeditions in
the West Indies (1572)Drake is knighted by
the queen of England (1581)Coastal piracy begins to expand
beyond the English Channel (1540s)A number of buccaneers move to Tortuga
and begin to harass Spanish ships in canoes (~1630)Henry Morgan dies a popular hero in Jamaica (1688)Pirates begin raids in the Pacific and Indian OceanMost governments stop supporting
piracy calling them "Villians of all nations" (1680s)The British send Woods Rogers an
ex-privateer with the royal navy to
the Bahamas (1718)William Kidd robs the Mogul ship
the "Quedah Merchant) (1698)William Kidd is found guilty
of piracy and murder.
He is hanged in England (1701)Blackbeard terrorizes the American coast (1716)Anne Bonny and Mary Read are
apprehended and put on trial in Jamaica (1720)Periods
First Phase of Piracy (Gentlemen Pirates) taking place primarily on the Atlantic Coast of Europe focusing in Britain and FranceSecond Phase of Piracy (Buccaneers) Based in the Carribean SeaThe Third (Golden) Age of Western Piracy
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