Bartholomew Sharp (c. 1650 – 29 October 1702) was an English buccaneer and privateer. His career of piracy lasted seven years (1675–1682). In the Caribbean...
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Rights ideas Bartholomew Gosnold (1571–1607), English lawyer, explorer and privateer Bartholomew Sharp (c.1650–1702), English pirate Bartholomew Roberts,...
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chronological list of key events involving pirates between 1680 and 1689. Bartholomew Sharp embarks on the "Pacific Adventure", a raid on Spanish settlements...
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from John to Bartholomew, but pirates often adopted aliases. He may have chosen his first name after the well-known buccaneer Bartholomew Sharp. He was thought...
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Morgan in 1671), a party led by the English buccaneer and privateer Bartholomew Sharp captured the town of Porto Bello within that harbour, which he held...
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The Saint Bartholomew's Day massacre (French: Massacre de la Saint-Barthélemy) in 1572 was a targeted group of assassinations and a wave of Catholic mob...
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Hyperion Books ISBN 0-7868-8451-7 Burl, Aubrey (2006) Black Barty: Bartholomew Roberts and his pirate crew 1718–1723. Sutton Publishing. ISBN 0-7509-4312-2...
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pirate. He is best known for sailing against the Spanish alongside Bartholomew Sharp, John Coxon, Basil Ringrose, Lionel Wafer, and other famous buccaneers...
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protect their gold mining interests in the area. The English Buccaneer Bartholomew Sharp took over the town and fort in 1680, but found the Spanish had removed...
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and ITT Corporation William Leidesdorff, (1810–1848), entrepreneur Bartholomew Sharp, (c1650–1702), buccaneer Arturo Alfonso Schomburg (1874–1938), historian...
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Cooke to join a privateering venture under the leadership of Captain Bartholomew Sharp, where he met William Dampier at Cartagena. After being injured by...
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Ringrose’s account of the dangerous voyage and bold assaults of Captain Bartholomew Sharp and others. Peter Benchley, in his book The Island, referred to Exquemelin...
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Hawkins, Joris van Spilbergen, John Watling, Baltazar de Cordes, Bartholomew Sharp, William Dampier, and John Clipperton all took part in looting the...
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Francis Drake who opened the Pacific route to the English in 1578. Bartholomew Sharp, who partly burned and looted in 1680, and Edward Davis, who set fire...
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Name Date of death Nationality Cause of death Known for Comments Bartholomew Sharp 1702-10-29 England (detained by the Danish West Indies) Unknown Buccaneer...
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In 1679, Dampier joined the crew of the buccaneer (pirate) Captain Bartholomew Sharp on the Spanish Main of Central America, twice visiting the Bay of...
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Archie Sharp (born 1995), British boxer Arthur Sharp (1905–1991), English footballer Bartholomew Sharp (c. 1650–1702), English buccaneer Bauer Sharp, American...
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In 1679, the English pirate Bartholomew Sharp, after attacking Guayaquil, took over Gorgona, calling it captain Sharp's island. He stayed for only a...
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country they served was at war with Spain. Drake 1580 Sharp 1681 Clipperton 1721 Sharp 1680 Drake 1578 Sharp 1680 Davis 1686 Drake 1578 Cavendish 1587 Hawkins...
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first recorded as one of the members of the Pacific Adventure led by Bartholomew Sharp and John Coxon in 1680. But first and foremost he emerges in the Caribbean...
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other important buccaneers of the day, including Cornelius Essex, Bartholomew Sharp, Thomas Magott, and Robert Allison, plus French rovers Bournano and...
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Harris served as one of the captains during this expedition, alongside Bartholomew Sharp and Edmund Cooke. On 25 April 1680, the buccaneers raided the mining...
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by the Society of Jesus. In 1680 it was set on fire by the pirate Bartholomew Sharp. In 1768 the church went on to be staffed by the Augustinians. In...
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accordingly. Based on a Spanish derrotero captured by English pirate Bartholomew Sharp, who escaped a criminal conviction in England by agreeing to cooperate...
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the only church that was not torched by a group of pirates led by Bartholomew Sharp in 1680. The church was damaged by the 1730 Valparaíso earthquake...
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Diaries are also displayed, including those of Queen Victoria, pirate Bartholomew Sharp, writer E. B. White, and J. P. Morgan Sr. himself. The Morgan Library...
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of 330 buccaneers who landed on the coast of Darien with Coxon and Bartholomew Sharp. Marching overland through the jungle, Sawkins participated in a surprise...
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Dassigney or Dassigny Island, in honor of Philip Dassigny, the member of Bartholomew Sharp's crew who translated the Spanish atlas that saved the captain from...
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time while attempting to reach Evangelistas Islets. 1680 December 13 Bartholomew Sharp destroys and pillages La Serena. 1681 By royal decree, the Atacama...
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and Holloway" may have been aliases of buccaneers John Markham and Bartholomew Sharp, stopping to resupply after a raid on Campeche. Other pirates who...
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