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was directly influenced by Irving's "Wolfert Webber," Stevenson saying in his preface, "It is my debt to
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in the
Pacific abandoned by pirates. The treasure, estimated to be worth ÂŁ160 million, was stolen by British Captain William Thompson in 1820 after he was entrusted to transport it from Peru to Mexico.
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on our perception of pirates cannot be overestimated," and says the idea of treasure maps leading to buried treasure "is an entirely fictional device". Stevenson's
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chapters... were the property of
Washington Irving."
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468:(scanned books original editions)
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267:and his treasure under the river
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2582:Operation Enduring Freedom – HOA
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21:Buried treasure (disambiguation)
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28:Treasure chest (disambiguation)
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2592:Operation Dawn of Gulf of Aden
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2276:Pirate battles and incidents
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595:Mercer, Chris (2016-09-05).
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2425:Battle of the Tiger's Mouth
1908:Rahmah ibn Jabir al-Jalhami
461:The Book of Buried Treasure
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224:The Book of Buried Treasure
134:in St. Augustine, Florida.
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2484:Capture of the schooner
2476:Capture of the schooner
2410:Battle of Ocracoke Inlet
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924:List of treasure hunters
686:Treasure from shipwrecks
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2669:1717–1718 Acts of Grace
2380:Battle of Mandab Strait
2360:Battle of Boca Teacapan
2355:Balanguingui Expedition
2320:Action of 23 March 2010
252:tons of gold and silver
128:Oak Island, Nova Scotia
2602:Operation Ocean Shield
2430:Battle of Tonkin River
2375:Battle of Doro Passage
2330:Action of 5 April 2010
2325:Action of 1 April 2010
2315:Action of 9 April 2009
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2106:Duarte Pacheco Pereira
1253:British Virgin Islands
574:. Wiley. p. 302.
571:Frommer's Florida 2011
316:St. Augustine, Florida
204:Robert Louis Stevenson
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3218:Pirates versus Ninjas
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2607:Persian Gulf Campaign
2492:Capture of the sloop
2420:Battle of the Leotung
2405:Battle of New Orleans
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2146:Richard Avery Hornsby
1898:Piet Pieterszoon Hein
1858:Moses Cohen Henriques
1828:Manuel Ribeiro Pardal
1573:Christina Anna Skytte
1111:Brethren of the Coast
1094:Baltic Slavic pirates
1041:Ancient Mediterranean
384:Treasure of Guarrazar
124:extensive excavations
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3140:skull and crossbones
3096:Mistress of the Seas
2778:Capture of the brig
2755:Atlantic slave trade
2516:Falklands Expedition
2370:Battle of Cape Lopez
2290:1582 Cagayan battles
2217:Queen Anne's Revenge
1768:José Joaquim Almeida
1753:John Newland Maffitt
1673:Hayreddin Barbarossa
1513:Bartolomeu PortuguĂŞs
1503:Artemisia I of Caria
1498:Alexandre Exquemelin
1336:Baltic Slavic piracy
1089:Anglo-Turkish piracy
486:(2012). Pgs. 176-180
330:Great Fire of London
234:The Roman historian
165:before sailing into
19:For other uses, see
3157:No purchase, no pay
3125:Davy Jones's locker
3068:The Angel's Command
2912:Guybrush Threepwood
2760:Barbary slave trade
2737:African slave trade
2534:Jiajing wokou raids
2435:Battle of Ty-ho Bay
1658:François l'Olonnais
1518:Bartholomew Roberts
1406:Republic of Pirates
866:Republic of Ireland
723:Classical antiquity
3317:Timeline of piracy
3274:Piracy kidnappings
2927:Jacquotte Delahaye
2882:Charlotte de Berry
2872:Captain Sabertooth
2765:Blockade of Africa
2720:Piracy Law of 1820
2650:Turkish Abductions
2587:Operation Atalanta
2521:Great Lakes Patrol
2400:Battle of Nam Quan
2350:Attack on Veracruz
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1868:Nicholas van Hoorn
1853:Michel de Grammont
1718:Jacquotte Delahaye
1703:Hippolyte Bouchard
1623:Elise Eskilsdotter
1563:Charlotte de Berry
1528:Benjamin Hornigold
312:Pirate Soul Museum
132:Pirate Soul Museum
118:and Visigoth king
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3047:On Stranger Tides
2987:Tony Tony Chopper
2877:Captain Stingaree
2814:Fictional pirates
2630:Sack of Baltimore
2625:Raid on Cartagena
2567:Moscow University
2446:Beluga Nomination
2415:Battle of Pianosa
2340:Antelope incident
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1818:Louis-Michel Aury
1783:Klaus Störtebeker
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1653:François Le Clerc
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1315:Strait of Malacca
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369:Chest (furniture)
323:Olivier Levasseur
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186:Washington Irving
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3075:Voyage of Slaves
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2837:Captain Birdseye
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2680:Letter of marque
2640:Salvador Pirates
2635:Sack of Campeche
2458:Chepo Expedition
2440:Battle of Tysami
2395:Battle off Mukah
2385:Battle of Manila
2224:Quedagh Merchant
2182:Adventure Galley
2028:Victual Brothers
2013:Thomas Cavendish
1978:Sayyida al Hurra
1963:Samuel Hall Lord
1943:Roche Braziliano
1928:Robert Culliford
1863:Nathaniel Gordon
1833:Martin Frobisher
1793:Laurens de Graaf
1763:Jørgen Jørgensen
1698:Henry Strangways
1678:Hendrick Lucifer
1628:Eustace the Monk
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2937:Joshamee Gibbs
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2540:Maersk Alabama
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2171:
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2158:
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2151:Robert Maynard
2148:
2143:
2138:
2133:
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2123:
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2033:Vincenzo Gambi
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2015:
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1930:
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1923:Richard Glover
1920:
1915:
1910:
1905:
1900:
1895:
1893:Pierre Lafitte
1890:
1885:
1880:
1875:
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1865:
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1668:Grace O'Malley
1665:
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1655:
1650:
1645:
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1625:
1620:
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1610:
1608:Edward England
1605:
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1568:Cheung Po Tsai
1565:
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1523:Benito de Soto
1520:
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1510:
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1500:
1495:
1490:
1485:
1480:
1475:
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1468:Abraham Samuel
1465:
1463:Adam Baldridge
1460:
1455:
1449:
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1293:Horn of Africa
1289:
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1282:
1280:
1279:
1277:Gulf of Guinea
1274:
1273:
1272:
1267:
1266:
1265:
1263:Lake Nicaragua
1255:
1244:
1242:
1240:Atlantic World
1233:
1229:
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1226:
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1220:
1215:
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1200:
1195:
1190:
1185:
1180:
1175:
1170:
1169:
1168:
1158:
1153:
1148:
1146:Jewish pirates
1143:
1138:
1133:
1128:
1123:
1118:
1113:
1108:
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1096:
1091:
1086:
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989:
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986:
985:
973:
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951:Magnet fishing
948:
947:
946:
936:
931:
926:
920:
918:
914:
913:
910:
909:
907:
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895:
890:
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873:United Kingdom
869:
861:
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849:
839:
834:
829:
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819:
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789:
784:
783:
782:
772:
767:
762:
756:
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743:
741:
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728:Late antiquity
725:
720:
715:
709:
707:
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693:
691:
689:
688:
683:
678:
676:Treasure trove
673:
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633:
625:
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398:
396:
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391:
386:
381:
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371:
366:
359:
356:
231:
228:
220:Ralph D. Paine
182:Wolfert Webber
150:
147:
96:Wolfert Webber
57:literary trope
16:Literary trope
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
3457:
3446:
3443:
3441:
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3405:
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3308:
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3300:
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3258:
3255:
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3250:
3246:
3243:
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3240:
3236:
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3231:Miscellaneous
3229:
3219:
3216:
3214:
3211:
3209:
3206:
3204:
3201:
3200:
3198:
3196:Miscellaneous
3194:
3188:
3185:
3183:
3180:
3178:
3177:Pirate utopia
3175:
3173:
3170:
3168:
3165:
3163:
3160:
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3155:
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3150:
3148:
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3141:
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3016:
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3009:
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3000:
2998:
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2985:
2983:
2980:
2978:
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2923:
2920:
2918:
2915:
2913:
2910:
2908:
2905:
2903:
2900:
2898:
2897:Elaine Marley
2895:
2893:
2892:Edward Kenway
2890:
2888:
2885:
2883:
2880:
2878:
2875:
2873:
2870:
2868:
2865:
2863:
2860:
2858:
2855:
2853:
2852:Captain Flint
2850:
2848:
2847:Captain Crook
2845:
2843:
2842:Captain Blood
2840:
2838:
2835:
2833:
2830:
2828:
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2823:
2820:
2819:
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2699:
2695:
2691:
2688:
2686:
2683:
2681:
2678:
2676:
2673:
2670:
2666:
2665:Acts of grace
2663:
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2657:
2651:
2648:
2646:
2643:
2641:
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2636:
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2631:
2628:
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2623:
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2613:
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2600:
2598:
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2588:
2585:
2583:
2580:
2578:
2576:
2572:
2570:
2568:
2563:
2561:
2559:
2558:Orkim Harmony
2554:
2552:
2550:
2545:
2543:
2541:
2537:
2535:
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2530:
2528:
2524:
2522:
2519:
2517:
2514:
2512:
2510:
2506:
2504:
2502:
2501:Carré d'As IV
2498:
2496:
2495:
2490:
2488:
2487:
2482:
2480:
2479:
2474:
2472:
2469:
2467:
2466:
2465:Ambrose Light
2461:
2459:
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2454:
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2449:
2447:
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2268:
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2263:
2261:
2260:
2256:
2254:
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2249:
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2245:Royal Fortune
2242:
2240:
2239:
2235:
2233:
2232:
2228:
2226:
2225:
2221:
2219:
2218:
2214:
2212:
2211:
2207:
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2204:
2200:
2198:
2197:
2193:
2191:
2190:
2189:Ambrose Light
2186:
2184:
2183:
2179:
2178:
2176:
2172:
2162:
2161:Woodes Rogers
2159:
2157:
2156:Thomas Warren
2154:
2152:
2149:
2147:
2144:
2142:
2139:
2137:
2134:
2132:
2129:
2127:
2124:
2122:
2119:
2117:
2116:Julius Caesar
2114:
2112:
2109:
2107:
2104:
2102:
2099:
2097:
2096:Chaloner Ogle
2094:
2092:
2089:
2088:
2086:
2080:
2074:
2071:
2069:
2068:Zheng Zhilong
2066:
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2054:
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1951:
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1931:
1929:
1926:
1924:
1921:
1919:
1916:
1914:
1911:
1909:
1906:
1904:
1903:Princess Sela
1901:
1899:
1896:
1894:
1891:
1889:
1886:
1884:
1883:Pedro Gilbert
1881:
1879:
1876:
1874:
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1869:
1866:
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1859:
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1803:Liang Daoming
1801:
1799:
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1648:Francis Drake
1646:
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1629:
1626:
1624:
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1606:
1604:
1603:Dominique You
1601:
1599:
1596:
1594:
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1589:
1586:
1584:
1581:
1579:
1576:
1574:
1571:
1569:
1566:
1564:
1561:
1559:
1558:Charles Gibbs
1556:
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1469:
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1464:
1461:
1459:
1456:
1454:
1453:Abduwali Muse
1451:
1450:
1448:
1444:
1441:
1439:Major figures
1437:
1427:
1424:
1422:
1419:
1417:
1414:
1412:
1409:
1407:
1404:
1402:
1399:
1397:
1394:
1392:
1389:
1387:
1384:
1382:
1379:
1377:
1376:Barataria Bay
1374:
1373:
1371:
1367:
1366:Pirate havens
1363:
1357:
1354:
1352:
1349:
1347:
1344:
1342:
1341:Barbary Coast
1339:
1337:
1334:
1333:
1331:
1327:
1321:
1318:
1316:
1313:
1311:
1308:
1306:
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1299:
1296:
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1291:
1290:
1288:
1284:
1278:
1275:
1271:
1268:
1264:
1261:
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1243:
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1237:
1234:
1230:
1224:
1221:
1219:
1216:
1214:
1211:
1209:
1206:
1204:
1201:
1199:
1196:
1194:
1193:Timber pirate
1191:
1189:
1186:
1184:
1181:
1179:
1176:
1174:
1171:
1167:
1164:
1163:
1162:
1159:
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1144:
1142:
1139:
1137:
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1129:
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1109:
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1101:
1100:
1097:
1095:
1092:
1090:
1087:
1085:
1082:
1081:
1079:
1075:
1067:
1064:
1062:
1059:
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1047:
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1038:
1036:
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1005:
1000:
999:
996:
984:
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972:
971:
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952:
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945:
942:
941:
940:
937:
935:
932:
930:
927:
925:
922:
921:
919:
917:Miscellaneous
915:
905:
902:
899:
896:
894:
891:
889:
885:
884:Great Britain
882:
880:
877:
875:
874:
870:
868:
867:
863:
862:
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858:British Isles
856:
848:
845:
844:
843:
840:
838:
837:United States
835:
833:
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828:
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823:
820:
818:
815:
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810:
808:
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800:
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2048:William Kidd
2003:Stede Bonnet
1988:Shap-ng-tsai
1968:Samuel Mason
1888:Peter Easton
1838:Mary Lindsey
1788:Lai Choi San
1778:Joseph Barss
1773:Joseph Baker
1743:John Hawkins
1738:Johanna HĂĄrd
1728:Jean Lafitte
1723:Jan Janszoon
1713:Israel Hands
1693:Henry Morgan
1683:Henri Caesar
1598:Dirk Chivers
1533:Black Caesar
1458:Abshir Boyah
1329:Other waters
1310:Persian Gulf
1298:Somali Coast
1286:Indian Ocean
1258:Spanish Main
1173:River pirate
1151:Moro pirates
1126:Child pirate
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3147:Keelhauling
3135:Jolly Roger
2997:Will Turner
2932:José Gaspar
2832:Barbe Rouge
2729:Slave trade
1983:Sister Ping
1913:Rachel Wall
1708:Huang Bamei
1688:Henry Every
1643:FĹ«ma KotarĹŤ
1638:Flying Gang
1553:Calico Jack
1543:Bully Hayes
1346:Falcon Lake
1320:Nosy Boraha
1178:Sea Beggars
1166:Confederate
1136:Filibusters
748:By location
519:10 February
289:Nova Scotia
250:and buried
236:Dio Cassius
163:Long Island
38:Howard Pyle
3419:Categories
3331:Categories
3307:Privateers
3269:Matelotage
3203:Air pirate
3167:Pet parrot
3019:The Pirate
2967:Nico Robin
2887:Davy Jones
2827:Tom Ayrton
2801:Pirates in
2690:Piracy Act
2659:Piracy law
2575:North Star
2238:My Revenge
2091:Angelo Emo
2053:Zheng Jing
2018:Thomas Tew
1813:Lo Hon-cho
1633:Flora Burn
1613:Edward Low
1583:Dan Seavey
1578:Chui A-poo
1538:Blackbeard
1483:Anne Bonny
1421:Saint-Malo
1401:Port Royal
1386:Libertatia
1198:Ushkuyniks
1161:Privateers
1156:Narentines
1116:Buccaneers
1046:Golden Age
888:Bronze Age
760:Azerbaijan
713:Bronze Age
611:2019-03-16
553:August 12,
395:References
389:Oak Island
308:Thomas Tew
285:Oak Island
202:(1883) by
3152:Marooning
2780:Brillante
2569:hijacking
2560:hijacking
2551:hijacking
2542:hijacking
1843:Mary Read
1748:John Hoar
1618:Eli Boggs
1588:Diabolito
1369:and bases
1305:Indonesia
1270:Venezuela
1248:Caribbean
705:By period
244:Decebalus
171:privateer
116:Decebalus
69:criminals
3440:Treasure
3404:Category
3130:Eyepatch
3002:Zanzibar
2977:Sandokan
2957:Mr. Smee
2822:Askeladd
2750:Incident
2620:incident
2529:incident
2511:incident
2503:incident
2448:incident
2063:Zheng Yi
2058:Zheng Qi
2038:Wang Zhi
1918:Redbeard
1808:Limahong
1758:John Pro
1663:Gan Ning
1548:Cai Qian
1356:Sulu Sea
1183:Sea Dogs
970:Category
893:Iron Age
770:Bulgaria
718:Iron Age
652:Treasure
605:Archived
601:Decanter
547:Archived
374:Entierro
358:See also
265:Alaric I
261:Visigoth
257:Jordanes
248:Sargetia
120:Alaric I
73:Old West
3368:Pirates
3297:Pirates
2805:culture
2803:popular
2748:Amistad
2549:Zafirah
2252:Saladin
2084:hunters
1873:Ng Akew
1473:Alfhild
1446:Pirates
1426:Tortuga
1208:Vikings
1104:Algiers
1033:Periods
982:Commons
904:Ireland
842:Vietnam
832:Ukraine
812:Romania
792:Germany
765:Belgium
352:Wyoming
321:Pirate
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269:Busento
175:England
149:Pirates
76:outlaws
65:Vikings
61:pirates
3445:Tropes
3358:Piracy
3264:Mutiny
3162:Pegleg
3113:Tropes
3011:Novels
2907:Franky
2577:affair
2141:Pompey
2082:Pirate
2023:Veborg
1508:Awilda
1396:Mamora
1203:Uskoks
1025:Piracy
827:Turkey
817:Russia
807:Poland
787:France
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3290:Lists
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2618:Quest
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2486:Fancy
2478:Bravo
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1948:Rusla
1391:Lundy
1232:Areas
1218:Wokou
898:Roman
847:coins
822:Spain
802:Italy
797:India
780:coins
775:China
666:Hoard
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242:king
230:Cases
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