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  2. Philip Ashton - Wikipedia

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    Ashton's memorial. An history of the strange adventures, and signal deliverances, of Mr. Philip Ashton, who, after he had made his escape from the pirates, liv'd alone on a desolate island for about sixteen months. Andrews, Michael. Stranded in Roatan: The true account of escape from pirates by Philip Ashton in 1722 (online information

  3. Roatán - Wikipedia

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    English, French and Dutch pirates established settlements on the islands. They frequently raided the Spanish treasure ships, cargo vessels carrying gold and silver from the New World to Spain. In 1722 fisherman Philip Ashton was captured by the pirate Edward Low and managed to escape on a watering rendezvous on Roatan. His noted account of his ...

  4. Francis Spriggs - Wikipedia

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    Fisherman Philip Ashton had been forced into service by Low and his new quartermaster John Russell in June 1723 but escaped the following year when Low's flotilla stopped near Roatan. In 1724 he and a few other castaways spotted an incoming vessel and hoped for rescue.

  5. Richard Shipton - Wikipedia

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    Philip Ashton, a sailor forced into service by Edward Low who later escaped and survived as a castaway for over a year. His story intertwines with Spriggs and Shipton, who stopped near Roatan and captured ships in the area.

  6. Coxen Hole - Wikipedia

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    Coxen Hole in 1910. The city was founded in 1835 when several British families moved to Roatán from the Cayman Islands. It is named after the pirate Captain John Coxen /Coxon due the fact that during the 17th century Roatán was once home to over 5,000 pirates living all through the island. British Caymanian slave-owners brought their slaves ...

  7. Castaway - Wikipedia

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    Philip Ashton, born in Marblehead, Massachusetts, in 1702, was captured by pirates while fishing near the coast of Nova Scotia in June 1722. He managed to escape in March 1723 when the pirates' ship landed at Roatán in the Bay Islands of Honduras, hiding in the jungle until the pirates left him there. He survived for 16 months, in spite of ...

  8. Golden Age of Piracy - Wikipedia

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    At the Point of a Cutlass: The Pirate Capture, Bold Escape, and Lonely Exile of Philip Ashton. ForeEdge. ISBN 978-1-61168-515-2. Little, Benerson (2011). How History's Greatest Pirates Pillaged, Plundered, and Got Away with It: the Stories, Techniques, and Tactics of the Most Feared Sea Rovers from 1500-1800. Fair Winds Press. Kuhn, Gabriel (2010).

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