The Pirates Own Book, Or, Authentic Narratives of the Lives, Exploits, and Executions of the Most Celebrated Sea Robbers: With Historical Sketches of the Joassamee, Spanish, Ladrone, West India, Malay, and Algerine Pirates |
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Algerines Algiers anchor Arauca arms arrived ashore attack Bagnio Barrataria Benavides Benito de Soto Black Beard black flag boat brig brigantine broadside Bushire cabin called Cape Cape Cruz Cape Lopez Capt captain captured cargo carried Charles Gibbs chase coast command Court crew cruise Davis death deck enemy England English escape expedition fell fire flag fleet French friends gave Gibbs governor guns hands harbor hoisted hopes hundred Indian island Jamaica Kidd killed Ladrones Lafitte land Madagascar Malays man-of-war Mary Read mate merchant miles morning murder negroes Nickola night O-po-tae o'clock officers ordered Paou pardon pieces piracy pirates pistols plundered port Portuguese prisoners prize proa provisions Rackam received returned river sailed schooner seized sent ship shore shot slaves sloop soon Soto Spaniards Spanish squadron taken told took town Vane vessel voyage Wansley wounded