The Golden Age of Piracy

  • Henry Avery captures Mughal treasure ship

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    Captain Kidd pirates in the Indian Ocean

  • British Empire gives colonies permission to try and hang pirates on site rather than transport them to England

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    War of Spanish Succession

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    Benjamin Hornigold actively pirates in Caribbean and American Coast

  • Urca de Lima gold stolen, Nassau "founded" as locus of Pirate Republic

  • Woodes Rogers established as Governor of the Bahamas

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    Steded Bonnet actively pirates in Caribbean and American Coast

  • "Act of Grace" pardon offered by British Empire

  • Hornigold takes pirate and becomes pirate hunter