1709 in piracy

Events

• The pirate biography, The life and adventures of Capt. John Avery, the famous English pirate, (rais'd from a cabbin-boy, to a King) now in possession of Madagascar published in the UK and becomes a bestseller.
• April - Privateer Woodes Rogers and the ships Duke and Duchess raid Guayaquil in the Viceroyalty of Peru.
• December 22 - Rogers captures the Desengaño, one of the two Manila galleons, off Cabo San Lucas. Rogers is wounded.
• December 25 - Rogers's Duke and Duchess attack the Begoña, the larger of the two Manila galleons, and are repulsed with heavy losses.

References

References

1. Broeck, Adrian van. (1709). "The life and adventures of Capt. John Avery, the famous English pirate, (rais'd from a cabbin-boy, to a King) now in possession of Madagascar. 1709".
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4. Durston, Gregory J.. (2017-06-23). "The Admiralty Sessions, 1536-1834: Maritime Crime and the Silver Oar". Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
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