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Jul 25, 2018 · On July 25, 1718,* Woodes Rogers arrived in the Bahamas as the islands’ first appointed Royal Governor. Piracy grew rampant in the untamed colony, and Rogers’ official mission was to stamp it out. He first tried diplomacy, armed with another round of pardons for pirates willing to peacefully surrender their criminal ways.
Sep 10, 2021 · Woodes Rogers (1679-1732), corsaire devenu administrateur, joua un rôle déterminant dans la lutte contre la piraterie dans les Caraïbes lorsqu'il était gouverneur des Bahamas (nommé en 1717, puis en 1728). Rogers est également connu pour son voyage corsaire de trois ans autour du monde (1708-11) et pour le livre très apprécié qui le ...
Jan 20, 2022 · The governor was Woodes Rogers, a name that struck fear into even the darkest pirate heart. A former privateer, Rogers was on a mission to rid the Bahamas of the villainous seafaring gangs that were decimating trade routes through the region, and to shut down the den of iniquity that was the Republic of Pirates.
Woodes Rogers (1679 — 1732) is the secondary antagonist of the 2013 video game Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag. He was an English privateer, served as the the first royal governor of The Bahamas, and a member of the Templar Order in the West Indies. Rogers is the main antagonist of Sequence 2 and Sequence 7 as well as one of the main antagonists of Sequence 12. He was voiced by Shaun Dingwall ...
Woodes Rogers (c. 1679 – 15 July 1732) was an English sea captain, privateer, slave trader and, from 1718, the first Royal Governor of the Bahamas. He is known as the captain of the vessel that rescued marooned Alexander Selkirk , whose plight is generally believed to have inspired Daniel Defoe 's Robinson Crusoe .
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May 28, 2024 · Woodes Rogers (detail) by Ireland’s Graphic Illustrations of Hogarth. Courtesy of the British Museum. Just after three frigates under his command had captured the Spanish galleon Nuestra Senora de Encarnacion (which he renamed Bachelor), British privateer Woodes Rogers arrived at Guam on 11 March 1710, asking that Governor Juan Antonio ...
