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    10 Amazing Pirates
    10 Amazing Pirates
    10 Amazing Pirates
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    10 Amazing Pirates

    By Jack Goldstein

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    Arr matey! Do you want to know all about the ten most fantastic, fearsome and famous pirates of all time? Dare you read of how Francois L’Olonnais ripped out a man’s heart with his bare hands then gnawed at it like a ravenous wolf? And what of Sir Henry Morgan - callous pirate or loyal privateer? How did Cheung Po Tsai build up a fleet of six hundred ships, and what happened to Anne Bonny after she was caught? Suitable for sea-faring folk and land-lubbers alike, this fantastic book introduces the reader to the ten pirates throughout history who surely were the greatest of their age.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAUK Authors
    Release dateJun 11, 2014
    ISBN9781783337880
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      William Kidd

      William was born in Dundee, Scotland in January 1645. He was from a naval family - his father John was a sea Captain and was tragically lost at sea when William was a boy. Little is known of his years growing up, although some sources suggest that as a young man he spent some time as a seaman’s apprentice on a pirate ship.

      Kidd’s later career as a pirate is perhaps one of the most disputed out of all of those featured in this book. The reasons for this are in effect fairly simple; there is a fine line between a privateer and a pirate. Privateers - or corsairs searched the high seas for enemy vessels, attacking them and plundering their cargo... although they did this with permission from their government. Just as ‘one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter’, privateer and pirate are surely interchangeable depending on whose side you are on! Kidd, however, is fairly unique in that it was his own country that felt his actions were rather on the illegal side.

      Our journey starts in 1689 with Kidd as a crewman on a ship sailing in the Caribbean. For reasons that are not recorded, the sailors mutinied against their captain (again, whose name we do not know) and sailed to a nearby British colony. The rest of the crew voted for Kidd to become their new captain; his first job was to offer (along with a small number of other vessels) protection from the French to the governor of Nevis. Whilst the man in charge was keen to have the protection, he wasn’t so keen to pay for it, so he suggested that the newly-appointed privateer captain could take his pay from the French. Kidd duly did this, attacking and looting the island of Mariegalante. For the next five or six years, Kidd made plenty of money operating as a privateer, even marrying a young woman named Sarah Bradley Cox Oort. Sarah was twice widowed, and due to the inheritance she received from her first husband, she was already one of the wealthiest women in New York!

      William Kidd

      In December 1695, the governor of New York, aware of Kidd’s reputation as a successful Captain - and one loyal to the English crown - requested that he set sail on a voyage to rid certain waters of pirates who had been stealing cargo that had belonged to the British. Kidd could not have declined the request even if he had wanted to, as this would have been seen as extremely disrespectful to King William III himself.

      Having accepted the request, a number of noble lords raised money for Kidd’s expedition; these included some of the most powerful men in England. The Duke of Shrewsbury and the Earl of Oxford certainly stumped up a significant amount in support of the voyage, and rumour has it that even the King himself fronted some of the money. A letter of marque personally signed by the King was given to Kidd - this was essentially ‘official permission’ to attack, board and loot ships considered enemies of the crown. In return, ten per cent of Kidd’s booty would be given to the king on his return.

      Kidd chose a crew of 150 men for his new ship - the Adventure Galley - based on their loyalty and skill. The ship was one of the best of her age; she weighed almost three hundred tons and was equipped with thirty-four cannons. To assist her in battles during calm winds, she could even be manoeuvred using oars.

      Sadly, the voyage didn’t get off to a great start. For reasons known only to Kidd and his crew, as they set sail down the River Thames bound for the high seas, they failed to salute a Navy yacht that was anchored at Greenwich (it was customary at the time to do this). The yacht fired a warning shot across the bows of the Adventure Galley, demanding the crew show respect. Insulted by this heavy-handed action, the crew turned away from the naval Yacht, pulled down their trousers and slapped their bottoms in a display of impudence. This didn’t go down well with the captain of the yacht, who duly ordered Kidd’s ship to halt, and forced many crewmembers into immediate naval service (something they were technically permitted to do). This

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