- the
pirates had
originally been
either sailors for the
Royal Navy,
privateersmen, or
merchant seamen. Most
pirates had
experience living on the sea,...
-
Ditchburn reported that the
Americans had
behaved more like
pirates than
privateersmen,
looting private property and
cabin stores. In
October Preston foundered...
-
adhering to it was in the
material interest of
their navies,
their privateersmen,
their merchants and bankers, and
their sovereigns.
Diplomats and international...
- good fellowship, and kept open-house for all pirates, buccaneers, and
privateersmen.”
Leadstone was
among at
least 30
former pirates who
traded goods to...
-
force attacked the
English settlement there. This
spurred several angry privateersmen,
among them Searle, to sail for
Florida and sack the
presidio of St...
- maint:
unfit URL (link) Sheffield,
William Paine (January 28, 1883). "
Privateersmen of Newport" – via
Internet Archive. "Capt
Joseph Olney, Jr (1737-1814)...
-
Martinique consisted of 1,200 regulars, 7,000
local militia and 4,000
hired privateersmen. Furthermore, the
mountainous nature of the
island made it
rather easy...
- yet, though, but
after a w**** of
listening to the
insulting British privateersmen, the
Americans decided to act.
Captain Barney had
concealed a blunderbuss...
- arms were saved.
Church bells rang and the town gave the
shipwrecked privateersmen an
ovation as
heroes with a
celebration lasting for days; on returning...
- de Rivadeneyra". (in Spanish) Johnston,
Charles H. L. (2004).
Famous Privateersmen and
Adventures of the Sea.
Kessinger Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4179-2666-4...
