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  2. Bartolomeu Português - Wikipedia

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    Bartolomeu Português (1623–1670) was a Portuguese buccaneer who attacked Spanish shipping in the late 1660s. Português was responsible for the creation of the first "Pirate's Code". Português was responsible for the creation of the first "Pirate's Code".

  3. French corsairs - Wikipedia

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    By acting on behalf of the French Crown, if captured by the enemy, they could in principle claim treatment as prisoners of war, instead of being considered pirates. Because corsairs gained a swashbuckling reputation, the word "corsair" is also used generically as a more romantic or flamboyant way of referring to privateers, or even to pirates.

  4. Pirate code - Wikipedia

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    The typical pirate crew was an unorthodox mixture of former sailors, escaped convicts, disillusioned men, and possibly escapee or former slaves, among others, looking for wealth at any cost; once aboard a seafaring vessel, the group would draw-up their own ship- and crew-specific code (or articles), which listed and described the crew's ...

  5. Piracy in the Caribbean - Wikipedia

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    Many slaves turned pirate "secured" a position of leadership or prestige on pirating vessels, like that of Captain. [41] The pirate Black Caesar, who served onboard the Queen Anne's Revenge under Blackbeard, was one of the best known slave pirates during the Golden Age of Piracy, being mentioned in the 1724 work A General History of the Pyrates ...

  6. List of pirates - Wikipedia

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    A 16th-century pirate who raided shipping in the North Sea until his defeat and capture by a fleet from Hamburg Wijerd Jelckama: c. 1490–1523: Germany The nephew of Pier Gerlofs Donia (also known as Grutte Pier), fought along his side against the Saxon and Hollandic invaders. William Kyd: fl. 1430–1453: 1430s–1450s: England

  7. History of the Galveston Bay Area - Wikipedia

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    Galveston: Galveston Bay Estuary Program. Archived from the original on October 26, 2009. Henson, Margaret Swett (1993). The history of Galveston Bay resource utilization. Galveston Bay National Estuary Program. Archived from the original on December 15, 2009. Himmel, Kelly F. (1999). The conquest of the Karankawas and the Tonkawas, 1821-1859.