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A history of the detection, conviction, life and designs of John A. Murel, the great western land pirate.. Athens, TN: G. White, 1835. Wellman, Paul L. Spawn of Evil. Doubleday and Company, 1964. Wyatt-Brown, Bertram. Southern Honor: Ethics and Behavior in the Old South. Oxford University Press, New York, 1982, ISBN 0-19-503119-9, 978-0-19 ...
The Charlton Street Gang of river pirates raided ship cargo in the mid-late 19th century along the New York City waterfront. Sadie Farrell [ 1 ] ( fl. 1869) was an alleged semi- folklorish American criminal, gang leader and river pirate known under the pseudonym Sadie the Goat .
Robert Edwards (supposedly died c.1738) [1] was a Welsh buccaneer who descendants claim was given 77 acres (310,000 m 2) of largely unsettled Manhattan by Queen Anne of the Kingdom of Great Britain for his services in disrupting Spanish sea lanes.
This shipwreck's gold, silver, and emeralds helped spawn a golden age of piracy in the Bahamas and excavators keep finding more treasure Jenny McGrath September 6, 2024 at 5:35 PM
He arrived in April, bought a house and took on a job with Frederick Philipse, New York's wealthiest merchant. Over the next few years Burgess made many profitable voyages to Madagascar selling supplies and guns to pirates in exchange for gold and slaves. [1] Around September 1699, Burgess was in command of the Margaret. [2]
This is today known as Pirates Cove and is a popular feature of Port Jefferson Harbor among boaters. For several decades prior to her death in 2014, Belle Terre was the principal home of Nadia de Navarro Farber , a Bulgarian-born countess (by her second of four marriages) who donated considerably to the John T. Mather Memorial Hospital in ...
Anne Bonny [a] (disappeared after 28 November 1720) [4] was a pirate who served under John "Calico Jack" Rackham. Amongst the few recorded female pirates in history, [5] she has become one of the most recognized pirates of the Golden Age of Piracy as well as in the history of piracy in general. Much of Bonny's background is unknown.
Emily Barnes is the New York State Team consumer advocate reporter for the USA TODAY Network. ... Package theft: 7 tips to defend against porch pirates in NY. Show comments. Advertisement ...