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William Kidd (c. 1645 – 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 .
Captain Kidd's Kids is a 1919 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. It marked the last film Bebe Daniels worked on as Lloyd's leading lady . Prints of this film exist in the film archives of the UCLA Film and Television Archive and Filmoteca Española .
Captain Kidd burying the Bible (1837) "The Ballad of Captain Kidd" (or simply, "Captain Kidd") is an English song about Captain William Kidd, who was executed for piracy in London on May 23, 1701. [1] It is listed as number 1900 in the Roud Folk Song Index. The song was printed in Britain in 1701, and it traveled to the colonies "almost ...
Captain William Kidd. On 30 January 1698, Captain Kidd, aboard his ship Adventure Galley, spotted Quedagh Merchant about 25 leagues from Cochin, and raced to catch up with it. [2] [4] After approximately four hours, Adventure Galley caught up with Quedagh and hoisted a French flag for its colours, and Kidd commanded the other captain to board ...
According to Ernest Mandeville's 1927 book "The Story of Middletown," William Leeds, an early 1700s resident of Middletown, was reputed to be one of Captain Kidd’s chief cohorts. He took ...
#6 Captain Kidd. Captain William Kidd, born in Scotland around 1645, is best known in pirate history for his unfortunate luck. In 1689, his career on the high seas began with privateering on the ...
During the voyage Kidd raids an English ship carrying Lady Jane, and kidnaps her. When the ships reach Skull Island, Oliver and Rocky dig up the treasure. Kidd arrogantly declares his plans to dispose of them along with Captain Bonney. Bonney alerts the others to Kidd's true intentions, and signals her crew to attack.
"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.