Captain William Kidd
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ISBN13: 9780217452533
Paperback|9780217452533
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II. William Kidd becomes a Pirate. Ravages of the Pirates.?The King's Interview with Earl Bellomont. ?William Kidd, the New York Merchant.?His Commission.? Sailing of the Adventure.?Recruiting in New York.?Circuitous Trip to Madagascar.?Perils and Sufferings.?Madagascar the Pirates' Home.?Murmurings of the Crew.?Kidd reluctantly turns Pirate.?His Repulses, and his Captures. In the year 1695, the King of England, William III., summoned before him the Earl of Bellomont, 'who had been governor of Barbadoes, and whom he had recently appointed governor of New York, and said to him: The buccaneers have so increased in the East and West Indies, and all along the American coast, that they defiantly sail under their own flag. They penetrate the rivers; land in numbers sufficient to capture cities, robbing palaces and cathedrals, and extorting enormous ransom. Their suppression is vital to commerce. They have possessed themselves of magnificent retreats, in Madagascar and other islands of the Indian Ocean. They have established their seraglios, and are living in fabulous splendorand luxury. Piratic expeditions are fitted out from the colonies of New England and Virginia; and even the Quakers of Pennsylvania afford a market for their robberies. These successful freebooters are making their homes in the Carclinas, in Rhode Island, and along the south shore of Long Island, where they and their children take positions among the most respectable in the community. The buccaneers are so audacious that they seek no concealment. Their ships are laden with the spoil of all nations. The richest prizes which can now be taken on the high seas are the heavily laden ships of the buccaneers. I have resolved, with the aid of others, to fit out a private expedition against them. W...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217452533 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217452531 |
| Weight | 0.59 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.41 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 176 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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