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I usually talk about pirates on this channel, but in this video we will talk about their worst nightmare: Governor Woodes Rogers. In 1718, he was appointed Governor of the Bahamas, and became...
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Woodes Rogers ( c. 1679 – 15 July 1732) was an English sea captain, privateer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of the Bahamas from 1718 to 1721 and again from 1728 to 1732.
A privateer (sometimes called corsair or buccaneer) was a private person or ship authorised by a government by letters of marque to attack foreign vessels du...
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Woodes Rogers was an English privateer and governor of the Bahamas who helped suppress piracy in the Caribbean. Rogers commanded a privateering expedition (1708–11) around the world, sponsored by Bristol merchants whose ships had been lost to foreign privateers. In 1709 he rescued Alexander.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sep 10, 2021 · Woodes Rogers (1679-1732) was a privateer turned administrator who was instrumental in the fight against piracy in the Caribbean when he served as Governor of the Bahamas (appointed 1717 and again in 1728).
- Mark Cartwright
Jun 6, 2018 · Woodes Rogers died in 1732, leaving behind a legacy of brutality against pirates. After all, he coined the slogan of The Bahamas, “Piracy expelled, commerce restored.” The British colony kept the motto until it gained independence in 1973.
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Jun 12, 2018 · A scene depicting a meeting between Benjamin Hornigold (left) and Woodes Rogers at the Pirates of Nassau museum in Nassau, The Bahamas. Photo by Broken Sphere CC BY-SA3.0. Rogers’s target was the Spanish who were in the Pacific Ocean.
