Piracy
A view into those Wolves of The Sea.....Pirates and Piracy from History.
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/thpmas-tew
31st Jul 2021 - Thomas Tew was born in England in 1640. When young, he and his family emigrated to the New England Colony (America). It was said that he was married w …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/pedro-gilbert
31st Jul 2021 - Gilbert was truly one of the last of the “classical” Pirates still left by the beginning of the 19th Century. Born in 1800 in Catalonia (a …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/henry-morgan
31st Jul 2021 - Captain Henry Morgan was born in Cardiff, Wales (around 1635). Not from a well-off family, it was documented that he was more in tune with “warf …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/robert-culliford
31st Jul 2021 - With scant information, Robert Culliford was born around 1666 in Cornwall, England. Leaving home early, Culliford went to Sea and became a Privateer. …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/the-rose-pink
31st Jul 2021 - Originally a French (or possibly Portuguese) Man-of-War of The “Pink” Classification of ships (so named for their more slender style), thi …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/ned-low
31st Jul 2021 - Born in London, England around 1690 – Edward “Ned” Low was born into poverty and started out a life of crime at an early age (a thie …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/the-queen-annes-revenge
31st Jul 2021 - Originally a Royal British Naval Frigate, she was commissioned in 1710 as HMS “Concord”. Displacing some 300 tons, she was 103 feet long w …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/jack-rackham
31st Jul 2021 - Also known as Jack Rackham and his more colorful nickname “Calico Jack”, Rackham was born in England (possibly around 1682). His name appe …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/edward-teach
31st Jul 2021 - Edward Teach was born around 1680 (possibly in Bristol, England). Very little is known of his early “non-seafaring” life. Some historians …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/jean-bart
31st Jul 2021 - Bart was a French Privateer, born in 1650 (Dunkirk, France). The Son of a career Sailor, he too took to The sea as a career. He contracted himself out …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/blackbirding
31st Jul 2021 - While not strictly regulated to just Piracy, the term ''Blackbirding'' is implied to be a 19th Century term for the coercion of Native Peoples for the …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/joseph-bannister
31st Jul 2021 - His birthdate unknown, 17th Century English Pirate Joseph Bannister cut a swath thru The Caribbean, making him a worthy figure during the ''Golden Age …