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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 he took several ships, and raided the Gulf of Honduras and Portobelo. He took command of an expedition into the Pacific and spent months raiding settlements on the Pacific Coast of South America including La Serena which he torched in 1680. His flagship, taken at Panama, was the Trinity.

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Bartholomew Sharp

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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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1680s in piracy

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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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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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List of pirates

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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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Alexandre Exquemelin

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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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List of people from the United States Virgin Islands

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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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Lionel Wafer

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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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List of prison deaths

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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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William Dampier

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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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Arica

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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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Coastal defence of colonial Chile

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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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Richard Sawkins

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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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Thames school of chartmakers

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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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John Watling

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Watling sailed under Captain Bartholomew Sharp aboard the Most Holy Trinity. Certain members of the crew were unhappy with Sharp. Each buccaneer had amassed...

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