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western pirates
Created by
Johnathan Carson
⟶ Updated 1 months ago ⟶
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Events
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 Ocean
Most 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 France
Second Phase of Piracy (Buccaneers) Based in the Carribean Sea
The Third (Golden) Age of Western Piracy
