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Episode 208 - Pirate Brokers part 1

Episode 208 - Pirate Brokers part 1

FromThe Pirate History Podcast


Episode 208 - Pirate Brokers part 1

FromThe Pirate History Podcast

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Length:
32 minutes
Released:
Apr 20, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The summer of 1694, immediately following the mutiny aboard Charles II, saw several dozen Privateering commissions handed to ships' captains from Colonial New England. Today we discuss the governors who did so, and two of the Captains who received them.
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Released:
Apr 20, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

A podcast about the Golden Age of Piracy in the Caribbean, the real men and women that threatened the trade and stability of the Old World empires, the forces that led them to piracy and the myths and stories they inspired. Famous names like Captain Henry Morgan, Henry Avery, Charles Vane, Mary Reed, Anne Bonny, Black Bart Roberts, Ned Low, and Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach will rub elbows with Queens, Kings, Popes, rebellious monks, Caribbean Natives, African Slaves and notorious governors like Woodes Rogers. History, high seas adventure, myth and magic, voodoo, treachery, biography and freedom await.