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William the Pirate is the fourteenth book in the Just William series by Richmal Crompton.It was first published in 1932. It contains eleven short stories, one of which (Aunt Arabelle in Charge) features the odious "Anthony Martin" who is often cited as a parody of A.A. Milne's Christopher Robin.
William Kidd (18 April 1654 – 23 May 1701), also known as Captain William Kidd or simply Captain Kidd, was a Scottish privateer. Conflicting accounts exist regarding his early life, but he was likely born in Dundee and later settled in New York City .
William Mayes [a] (fl. 1689–1700) was a pirate active in the Indian Ocean. He was best known for taking over William Kidd ’s ship Blessed William and sailing with Henry Avery . William Mayes is American, specifically from Rhode Island.
The former first mate of William Kidd, Culliford led a first mutiny against Kidd, stealing his ship Blessed William. One of the few pirates documented as participating in matelotage, with John Swann. [25] [28] Alexander Dalzeel: 1662–1715 1685–1715 Scotland Served under Henry Every. Was captured four times before finally being hanged ...
William Fly (died 12 July 1726) was an English pirate who raided New England shipping fleets for three months in 1726 until he was captured by the crew of a seized ship. He was hanged in Boston, Massachusetts, and his body publicly exhibited in a gibbet as a warning to other pirates.
William Moody [a] (died 1719, last name occasionally Moudy) was a London-born [2] pirate active in the Caribbean and off the coast of Africa. He is best known for his association with Olivier Levasseur and Thomas Cocklyn , crewmembers who succeeded him as captains in their own right.
William Kyd (fl. 1430 –1453) was a 15th-century English pirate active in South West England from the 1430s until the 1450s. He and others, such as John Mixtow, William Aleyn and Clays Stephen, acted under virtual immunity from the law for over two decades while under the protection of corrupt custom officials.
"Kidd the Pirate" is a short story by the American author Washington Irving, based on legends of Captain William Kidd.The story was published in Tales of a Traveller, an 1824 collection of Irving's writings, where it immediately precedes that work's most famous story "The Devil and Tom Walker", which also involves Kidd's treasure.