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- ↑ Browne, Douglas G (1921). Blackwood's Magazine (Vol 209 ed.). New York: Leonard Scott Publishing Co. p. 328. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ↑ Johnson, Captain Charles (1724). A GENERAL HISTORY OF THE PYRATES. London: T. Warner. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
- ↑ Fox, Edward Theophilus (2013). 'Piratical Schemes and Contracts': Pirate Articles and Their Society 1660-1730. Exeter UK: University of Exeter. p. 147. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ↑ Fraser, George Macdonald (2015). Captain in Calico. New York: Grove/Atlantic, Inc. ISBN 9780802190796 . Retrieved 8 September 2017.
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