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    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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  • 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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    Rights ideas Bartholomew Gosnold (1571–1607), English lawyer, explorer and privateer Bartholomew Sharp (c.1650–1702), English pirate Bartholomew Roberts,...
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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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  • 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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    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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    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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