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1698 In Piracy
''See also 1697 in piracy, 1699 in piracy, and Timeline of piracy.'' Events *December 8 – William III of England issues his 1698 Act of Grace. Indian Ocean *January 30 – Captain William Kidd plunders the ''Quedagh Merchant'', an Armenian merchant vessel sailing under French passes, near the Malabar Coast. *April – Kidd encounters Robert Culliford's pirate vessel '' Mocha Frigate'' at Île Sainte-Marie. Most of Kidd's crew desert to Culliford. Kidd burns the Adventure Galley and takes his remaining crew aboard the '' Adventure Prize'' (ex-''Quedagh Merchant''). *September – Culliford and Dirk Chivers plunder the Great Muhammed. North America * Undated – Canoot attacks and steals John Redwood's ship then raids the town of Lewes the next day. * Undated – William Cotter and his former shipmate John Blackmore are convicted of piracy but receive no punishment. South America * Undated – Anne Dieu-le-Veut is released from Colombia after being captured by Spain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1697 In Piracy
''See also'' 1696 in piracy, other events in 1697, 1698 in piracy and Timeline of piracy. Events Caribbean *May - Buccaneers under Jean du Casse assist French regulars in the siege of Cartagena. After French troops sack the city and depart, the buccaneers are dissatisfied with their portion of the loot and plunder the city a second time. Indian Ocean *Undated - Adam Baldridge flees Madagascar to avoid attack by neighbors for engaging in the slave trade. *October 30 - William Kidd murders his gunner, William Moore. Births {{Empty section, date=July 2010 Deaths Piracy Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area, typically with the goal of stealing cargo and other valuable goods. Those who conduct acts of piracy are called pirates, v ... Piracy by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirk Chivers
Dirk Chivers (, last name occasionally Shivers) was a Dutch pirate active in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean. Early career Dirk Chivers is first recorded as a crew member of the ''Portsmouth Adventure'', , under Captain Joseph Faro (or Farrell) around January 1694. Soon after leaving Rhode Island, Chivers saw action in the Red Sea as Farrell and Henry Every successfully captured two ships in June 1695. On its return voyage to Rhode Island, the ''Adventure'' ran aground on Mayotte in the Comoro Islands. Chivers stayed behind with several others while Farrell and the others continued on with Every. Chivers in the Red Sea & India Chivers eventually signed aboard the 18-gun ''Resolution'' after being picked up by Captain Robert Glover near the end of the year. After several months in the Red Sea however, Chivers took part in a mutiny against Glover and had him and his 24 supporters placed onto the recently captured Arab ship ''Rajapura''. Elected captain by the crew after the mutiny, he h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Glover (pirate)
Robert Glover (died 1697/98) was an Irish-American pirate active in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean area in the late 1690s. Biography Irishman Robert Glover had the 200-ton, 18-gun, 60-man ship ''Resolution'' fitted out in Rhode Island around 1693, then headed to New York to obtain a privateering commission from Governor Benjamin Fletcher. Fletcher would later come under fire for granting (and selling) commissions to known pirates such as Glover, Thomas Tew, Joseph Faro, and others. Joseph Faro’s ship ''Portsmouth Adventure'' had wrecked on Mayotte leaving him and his crew stranded. Henry Every rescued Faro and some of the crew while Dirk Chivers and others remained behind. Glover’s ''Resolution'' picked up Chivers and the remaining crew later in 1695. Now with 110 men, Glover sailed to the Red Sea to hunt Moorish ships. Having missed the lucrative Indian fleets at the mouth of the Red Sea, they sailed to the west coast of India and took a 12-gun Muscat ship as a prize near ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Glover (pirate)
Richard Glover (d. 1697/98) was a pirate and slave-trader active in the Caribbean and the Red Sea in the late 1690s. History Richard Glover, his brother-in-law John Hoar, Thomas Tew, and other captains had obtained privateering commissions from Governor Benjamin Fletcher of New York in 1694. Fletcher would later be accused of collusion, knowing full well that the captains intended to engage in piracy. Glover was given command of the ''Charming Mary'', owned by John Beckford, Colonel Russel, and Judge Coats. That autumn, Glover outfitted the 200-ton, 16-gun, 80-man ship in Barbados and sailed for the east coast of Africa, following Tew's "Pirate Round" route. He arrived at Adam Baldridge's pirate trading post at Île Sainte-Marie off Madagascar in August 1695, where he careened the ''Charming Mary'' and traded with Baldridge. In October of the same year he sailed for Madagascar to pick up slaves and trade goods. Shortly afterwards Thomas Tew's 70-ton, 8-gun, 60-man sloop ''Ami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Colley (pirate)
Robert Colley (died 1698) was an English pirate and privateer active near Newfoundland and the Indian Ocean. History Around 1695 Jamaican-born privateer Captain Lovering and ship's master Robert Colley (along with future pirate captains Nathaniel North and George Booth) cruised off Newfoundland in the 10-gun Barca-longa ''Servilian'', having been unsuccessful finding French targets in the West Indies. There they captured three French ships, including the 75-man, 18-gun ''Pelican''. In early 1696 they sailed to Newport, Rhode Island, where they had two of their prizes confirmed and sold off. The ''Pelicans owners disputed their claim but Colley hired the Deputy Customs Collector, Robert Gardiner, to secure their claim, clear them to leave port, and act as their lawyer. They dismantled the barca-longa and refitted the ''Pelican'', which Colley took command of after Lovering died. Governor Walter Clarke issued them a commission, ostensibly to return captured sailors to Jamaica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Harris (pirate)
Charles Harris (1698-1723) was an English pirate active in the 1720s. He is best known for his association with George Lowther and Edward Low. History Harris was ship's mate and navigator aboard the logwood hauler ''Greyhound'' in January 1722 when it was seized by pirate George Lowther aboard the ''Happy Delivery'' between Honduras and Boston. The ''Greyhound’s'' captain Benjamin Edward fought Lowther for a time but eventually surrendered. In retaliation for their resistance the pirates killed many of the ''Greyhound’s'' crew; the remainder were forced aboard the ''Happy Delivery''. Unlike most of the crew, Charles Harris willingly signed Lowther's Articles to join his pirates. Lowther soon gave Harris command of a small prize ship, while granting another captaincy (the brigantine ''Rebecca'') to Lowther's own lieutenant Edward Low. Harris and Low sailed in concert with Lowther for a time; Harris's ship was lost at sea and he came aboard Low's ship. When Low deserted Lowt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spain
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Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east and northeast, Brazil to the southeast, Ecuador and Peru to the south and southwest, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Panama to the northwest. Colombia is divided into 32 departments and the Capital District of Bogotá, the country's largest city. It covers an area of 1,141,748 square kilometers (440,831 sq mi), and has a population of 52 million. Colombia's cultural heritage—including language, religion, cuisine, and art—reflects its history as a Spanish colony, fusing cultural elements brought by immigration from Europe and the Middle East, with those brought by enslaved Africans, as well as with those of the various Amerindian civilizations that predate colonization. Spanis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Dieu-le-Veut
Anne "Dieu-Le-Veut" de Graaf also called ''Marie-Anne'' or ''Marianne'' (28 August 1661 – 11 January 1710) was a French pirate. Alongside Jacquotte Delahaye, she was one of very few female buccaneers. While Delahaye was likely fictional, Dieu-le-Veut was real; however, many of her exploits are inventions of later writers. Background Anne was originally from the province of Brittany, France. She was possibly deported to French Tortuga as a criminal. She reportedly arrived on Tortuga during the reign of Bertrand d'Ogeron de la Bouëre, who was governor of the island in 1665-1668 and 1669–1675. In 1684, she married buccaneer Pierre Lelong, who was killed in a fight 15 July 1690. With him, she had one child, Marie Marguerite Yvonne Lelong (1688-1774). In 1691, she married Joseph Cherel, who in turn died in June 1693. With him she had another child, Jean-François Chérel (1692-1732). In March 1693, she met the famous buccaneer Laurens de Graaf. He agreed to marry her after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewes, Delaware
Lewes ( ) is an incorporated city on the Delaware Bay in eastern Sussex County, Delaware, United States. According to the 2010 census, the population is 2,747. Along with neighboring Rehoboth Beach, Lewes is one of the principal cities of Delaware's rapidly growing Cape Region. The city lies within the Salisbury, Maryland–Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. Lewes proudly claims to be "The First Town in The First State." History Lewes was the site of the first European settlement in Delaware, a whaling and trading post that Dutch settlers founded on June 3, 1631, and named Zwaanendael (Swan Valley).Munroe, John A.: ''Colonial Delaware: A History'': Millwood, New York: KTO Press; 1978; pp. 9–12. The colony had a short existence, as a local tribe of Lenape Native Americans wiped out the 32 settlers in 1632. The area remained rather neglected by the Dutch until, under the threat of annexation from the colony of Maryland, the city of Amsterdam made a grant of land at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canoot
Canoot (fl. 1698, real name unknown) was a French pirate active off the coast of New England. History In early 1698 John Redwood of Philadelphia was sailing out of Maryland’s Sinepuxent Bay toward Cape May when he was attacked by Canoot and his pirates. They exchanged ships with Redwood, leaving him their slower vessel and taking his sloop. That September Canoot sailed to the waters off Sussex County, Delaware. Residents saw the sloop but were not alarmed. The following day he stormed the town of Lewes with fifty men, plundering everything of value, including the residents’ clothes, leaving them "scarce anything in the place to cover or wear." Canoot’s pirates also stole all the town’s livestock and forced the inhabitants to help load their sloop. He then anchored offshore until he left to chase a passing ship. This was not his first attack - “Many other crimes of similar nature were traced to Canoot and his pirate ship” - so local officials levied a tax to raise funds f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
