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Woodes Rogers was born in 1679 as the eldest son of a successful merchant captain Woods Rogers in Dorset, England. Woodes Rogers spent his childhood in Poole, England, where he attended school. His father owned shares in many ships, and was often away in the fishing fleet. Sometime between 1690 and 1696, Captain Woods Rogers moved his family to ...
"I am reasonable in seeking peace, but If you insist on making me your villain, I will play the part." ―Woodes Rogers to James Flint[src] Woodes Rogers is the newly appointed Royal Governor of the Bahamas. He heads to Nassau with the intent of wresting control of the colony from the pirates. In order to better understand Nassau, he takes Eleanor Guthrie to advise him; over time, their ...
7 Letter of November 4, 1718, as quoted in G.E. Manwaring, Woodes Rogers, 35-36. 8 Governor Woodes Rogers to the Council of Trade and Plantations, 31 October 1718, in Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Vol. 30, 1717-1718, 359-381. 9 37. see note 5 above.
Oct 18, 2019 · Many people find reading about pirates in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries exciting and romantic. Pirate Hunter takes a different approach with Captain Woodes Rogers challenging those buccaneers for profit and fame, as well as efforts to enhance Great Britain’s power.
Jan 30, 2016 · Young Woodes Rogers became the owner of a prosperous shipping company in his mid-twenties. When, at age 27, he married Sarah Whetstone of the prominent Whetstone family, he became one of the most ...
On 26 July 1718, Woodes Rogers arrived in New Providence with four merchant vessels, three naval ships, soldiers for a garrison and all the materials necessary for securing the settlement at Nassau. His arrival was met with very little opposition.
Woodes Rogers: Privateer and Pirate Hunter M. Foster Farley describes the life of a great mariner and intrepid privateer; Woodes Rogers was at length appointed by a grateful government Governor-in-Chief of the Bahamas.
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