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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. He is remembered as the captain of the vessel that rescued marooned Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk , whose plight is generally believed to have ...
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). Rogers is also known for his three-year privateering voyage around the world (1708-11) and the well-received book which describes it, A ...
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Apr 18, 2024 · Woodes Rogers (born 1679?—died July 16, 1732, Nassau, Bahamas) 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.
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Jun 6, 2018 · The Story Of Woodes Rogers, The World’s Most Feared Pirate Hunter. By William DeLong | Edited By Katie Serena. Published June 6, 2018. Updated January 21, 2024. Woodes Rogers made it his life's work, and risked his families fortune, to rid the world of pirates.
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Woodes Rogers was an English sea captain and privateer who was twice appointed as the Royal Governor of the Bahamas. He was the captain of the ship that rescued Alexander Selkirk, a Royal Navy officer who spent more than four years marooned on an uninhabited island in the South Pacific Ocean.
Signaling the end of the classical conception of pirates, Woodes Rogers (1679 - 1732) ironically himself was once a pirate and privateer. Coming from a wealthy seafaring family in Bristol, the same home as Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach, he eventually joined a sea captain apprenticeship until his father died.
Pirate Slayer. Woodes Rogers was certainly one of the most notable persons that have ever lived in the Caribbean. This Englishman had two big obligations in his life. At first, he was a privateer and later became the first governor of Bahamas. In both duties, his main targets were the pirates .
