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 ^[1] and becomes a bestseller. ^{[2] [3]}
• April - Privateer Woodes Rogers and the ships Duke and Duchess raid Guayaquil in the Viceroyalty of Peru. ^{[4] [5] [6]}
• December 22 - Rogers captures the Desengaño , one of the two Manila galleons, off Cabo San Lucas. Rogers is wounded. ^{[7] [8]}
• December 25 - Rogers's Duke and Duchess attack the Begoña, the larger of the two Manila galleons, and are repulsed with heavy losses.

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. Anonymous. By Adrian van Broeck, a pseudonym.
2. Jones, Stephanie (2012). "Literature, geography, law: "The Life and Adventures of Capt. John Avery" (circa 1709)" . Cultural Geographies. 19 (1): 71–86. Bibcode:2012CuGeo..19...71J. doi:10.1177/1474474011427362. ISSN   1474-4740. JSTOR   44251453.
3. Lincoln, Margarette (2016-04-15). British Pirates and Society, 1680-1730. Routledge. p. 17. ISBN   978-1-317-17167-6.
4. Durston, Gregory J. (2017-06-23). The Admiralty Sessions, 1536-1834: Maritime Crime and the Silver Oar. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 210. ISBN   978-1-4438-7361-1.
5. MacLiesh, Fleming; Krieger, Martin L. (1962). The Privateers: A Raiding Voyage to the Great South Sea. Random House.
6. Lincoln, Margarette (2016-04-15). British Pirates and Society, 1680-1730. Routledge. p. 143. ISBN   978-1-317-17167-6.
7. Saunders, G.  (2008, January 03). Rogers, Woodes (c. 1679–1732), privateer and colonial governor. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 14 Nov. 2024, from https://www-oxforddnb-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-24006.
8. "La Nao de China: The Spanish Treasure Fleet System - Guampedia". www.guampedia.com. 2015-11-04. Retrieved 2024-11-14.