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Jun 28, 2024 · William Kidd, byname Captain Kidd, 17th-century privateer and semilegendary pirate who became celebrated in English literature as one of the most colorful outlaws of all time. Fortune seekers have hunted his buried treasure in vain through succeeding centuries.
- Jean Bart
Jean Bart (born Oct. 21, 1650, Dunkirk, Fr.—died April 27,...
- Alexander Selkirk
Alexander Selkirk (born 1676, Largo, Fife, Scot.—died Dec....
- Mary Read
Mary Read (born c. 1695, England—buried April 28, 1721, St....
- Rollo
Rollo was a Scandinavian rover who founded the duchy of...
- Captain Kidd
Captain Kidd’s fame was spread abroad by the popular ballad...
- Jean Bart
Jun 24, 2024 · In 1720 Anne Bonny and John (“Calico Jack”) Rackham stole a ship and began a campaign of piracy. For several months Bonny, Rackham, and crew (which included fellow female pirate Mary Read ) plundered merchant ships and fishing boats in the Caribbean.
- Richard Pallardy
- It is believed that Anne Bonny was born near Cork, Ireland, but this, like most information about her life, is regarded as speculation. She and her...
- Female pirates were exceedingly rare, partly because many captains believed that women were bad luck on a ship. Both Anne Bonny and Mary Read acqui...
- Anne Bonny’s male crewmates were tried and hanged for piracy within weeks of their capture. Bonny was sentenced to die, but she succeeded in “plead...
1 day ago · They have three children: daughters Sonora and Calico, and son Dashiell. Cooper and his wife started Solid Rock foundation in 1995. The first of several teen centers opened in Phoenix, Arizona in 2012. Another opened in Mesa, Arizona in 2021. The centers offer vocational and arts training.
21 hours ago · Star Trek's Captain Jellico, played by the great Ronny Cox, was originally intended to get a promotion in a 1993 episode of The Next Generation.
4 days ago · Striker Antonio Di Natale was the club's captain from 2007 until his retirement in 2016. The 2007–08 season started well with a draw at home against champions Internazionale, but the enthusiasm was quickly erased after the first home match which finished in a 5–0 loss to newly promoted Napoli.
Jun 26, 2024 · He was 1,300 miles from land, and another storm was barreling in. Wind at 30 knots and climbing. Chop, steep and shallow. Sheets of rain erased the sky. Three weeks earlier, he had left the Canary ...
4 days ago · Unione Calcio Sampdoria, commonly referred to as Sampdoria ( Italian pronunciation: [sampˈdɔːrja, sanˈdɔːrja] ), is an Italian professional football club based in Genoa, Liguria. They compete in Serie B, the second division of the Italian football league system .
