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the value of the ivory, spices, gemstones, and silk taken. Tew's 45 men afterward shared out between ÂŁ1,200 (equivalent to ÂŁ218,360 in 2023) and ÂŁ3,000 (equivalent to ÂŁ606,554 in 2023) per man, and Tew himself claimed about ÂŁ8,000 (equivalent to ÂŁ1,617,478 in 2023). Tew urged his crew to hunt down and rob the other ships in the Indian convoy, but he yielded to the opposition of the quartermaster. He set course back to the
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Ottoman Empire late in 1693. The dhow surrendered without serious resistance, inflicting no casualties on the assailants. Tew's pirates helped themselves to the ship's treasure, worth ÂŁ100,000 (equivalent to ÂŁ18,196,629 in 2023) in gold and silver alone, not counting
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in South Africa, where he was arrested by the Dutch. Not long out of
Bermuda, Tew announced his intention of turning to piracy, asking the crew for their support since he could not enforce the illegal scheme without their consent. Tew's crew reportedly answered with the shout, "A gold chain or a
227:. There is evidence that he was already reputed as a pirate at that time, but no modern historian has determined whether or not this reputation was earned. He may simply have engaged in privateering against French and Spanish ships. He was in close relations with fellow pirate Captain
220:. He is reported as being married with two daughters. According to one source, his wife and children all greatly enjoyed the New York City social scene after Tew became rich, but there is no supporting evidence for this.
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used a similar design, except on a red-and-yellow striped field instead of black. However, there is no evidence from period sources that Tew ever flew this flag, which is a 20th-century attribution.
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armed with eight guns and crewed by 46 officers and men. He and another captain obtained a privateer's commission from the lieutenant governor of
Bermuda to destroy a French factory off the coast of
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American colonies as a child with his family, although there is only a little circumstantial evidence for this. He lived at one time in
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dating back to 1640, but it is not known where he was born. He may have been born in New
England; another hypothesis suggests that he was born in
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Captain Tew, A Calm, Rich
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184:. He embarked on two major pirate voyages and met a bloody death on the second, and he pioneered the route which became known as the
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at the mouth of the Red Sea in August 1695, where Tew found several other pirates hoping to duplicate his prior success, including
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to hunt down several pirates, Thomas Tew and John
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wooden leg, we'll stand with you!" The pirates proceeded to elect a
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Tew's burial site is unknown, but he is said to be the father of
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Thomas Tew relates his exploits to Gov. Fletcher of New York by
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https://www.gutenberg.org/files/44240/44240-h/44240-h.htm#IV
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London: Printed for, and sold by, T. Woodward, 1728, p. 86.
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The Golden Age of Piracy: The Truth Behind Pirate Myths
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and plundered ships in the Indian Ocean under captain
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attacked one of the Mughal ships, believed to be the
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London: Printed for, and sold by, T. Woodward, 1728.
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204:It is frequently written that Tew had family in
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875:English Letter of Marque Against Pirates, 1695
188:. Other infamous pirates in his path included
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558:Christine L. Putnam, "Of Captain Thomas Tew"
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2695:Paris Declaration Respecting Maritime Law
3322:List of ships attacked by Somali pirates
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306:'s pirate settlement at St. Mary's on
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2481:Capture of John "Calico Jack" Rackham
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172:(died September 1695), also known as
3223:International Talk Like a Pirate Day
726:"Thomas Tew (website by Paul Orton)"
900:Little, Benerson (4 October 2016).
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317:Tew reached Newport in April 1694.
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3460:People from Newport, Rhode Island
3113:Silver: Return to Treasure Island
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877:also reprinted in Merchant, 41-2.
343:Capture of the Grand Mughal Fleet
130:, New York City, and Indian Ocean
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3249:A General History of the Pyrates
3071:Castaways of the Flying Dutchman
2592:Operation Enduring Freedom – HOA
890:, Time-Life Books, 1978, p. 106.
656:A General History of the Pyrates
367:in the powerfully armed warship
3475:17th-century American criminals
997:Taverns of New York:Chapter 2/
965:Uncharted 4: A Thiefs End, 2016
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699:Jameson, John Franklin (1923).
669:"Johnson, p. 86-87; Thomas Tew"
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539:, Time-Life Books, 1978, p. 67.
247:In 1692, Thomas Tew obtained a
3480:English expatriates in Bermuda
2607:Operation Dawn 8: Gulf of Aden
2602:Operation Dawn of Gulf of Aden
2355:Anti-piracy in the West Indies
618:. Santa Barbara CA: ABC-CLIO.
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470:Traditional flag of Thomas Tew
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2463:Blockade of Charleston (Vane)
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819:The Rough Guide to Madagascar
390:In September 1695, a 25-ship
351:served as navigator on Tew's
176:, was a 17th-century English
3036:The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea
2286:Pirate battles and incidents
953:Pirates of Colonial Newport.
478:on a black field. Buccaneer
7:
2435:Battle of the Tiger's Mouth
1918:Rahmah ibn Jabir al-Jalhami
16:17th-century English pirate
10:
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3312:Pirate films and TV series
2752:African Slave Trade Patrol
2320:Action of 11 November 2008
1109:Barbary pirates (corsairs)
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779:"Pirate ship list – Amity"
754:Pirates In Their Own Words
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2400:Battle off Minicoy Island
2375:Battle of Cape Fear River
2345:Anti-piracy in the Aegean
2315:Action of 28 October 2007
2310:Action of 9 November 1822
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2685:International piracy law
2622:Pirate attacks in Borneo
2494:Capture of the schooner
2486:Capture of the schooner
2420:Battle of Ocracoke Inlet
2146:Pedro Menéndez de Avilés
955:The History Press, 2014.
816:Trillo, Richard (2015).
485:
3255:Captain Charles Johnson
2679:1717–1718 Acts of Grace
2390:Battle of Mandab Strait
2370:Battle of Boca Teacapan
2365:Balanguingui Expedition
2330:Action of 23 March 2010
803:Botting, p. 82; Putnam
615:Pirates of the Americas
174:the Rhode Island Pirate
95:The Rhode Island Pirate
2612:Operation Ocean Shield
2440:Battle of Tonkin River
2385:Battle of Doro Passage
2340:Action of 5 April 2010
2335:Action of 1 April 2010
2325:Action of 9 April 2009
2305:1985 Lahad Datu ambush
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2131:Jose Campuzano-Polanco
2116:Duarte Pacheco Pereira
1263:British Virgin Islands
941:Time-Life Books, 1978.
906:. Simon and Schuster.
705:. New York: Macmillan.
612:Marley, David (2010).
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223:In 1691, Tew moved to
3228:Pirates versus Ninjas
2655:Slave raid of SuĂ°uroy
2617:Persian Gulf Campaign
2502:Capture of the sloop
2430:Battle of the Leotung
2415:Battle of New Orleans
2294:
2156:Richard Avery Hornsby
1908:Piet Pieterszoon Hein
1868:Moses Cohen Henriques
1838:Manuel Ribeiro Pardal
1583:Christina Anna Skytte
1121:Brethren of the Coast
1104:Baltic Slavic pirates
1051:Ancient Mediterranean
988:Of Captain Thomas Tew
856:. London: T. Woodward
806:; Johnson, p. 108-09.
469:
454:commissioned Captain
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290:and ran down a large
218:Newport, Rhode Island
128:Newport, Rhode Island
3455:17th-century pirates
3150:skull and crossbones
3106:Mistress of the Seas
2788:Capture of the brig
2765:Atlantic slave trade
2526:Falklands Expedition
2380:Battle of Cape Lopez
2300:1582 Cagayan battles
2227:Queen Anne's Revenge
1778:José Joaquim Almeida
1763:John Newland Maffitt
1683:Hayreddin Barbarossa
1523:Bartolomeu PortuguĂŞs
1513:Artemisia I of Caria
1508:Alexandre Exquemelin
1346:Baltic Slavic piracy
1099:Anglo-Turkish piracy
785:on 27 September 2007
359:They arrived at the
337:Second pirate cruise
323:Province of New York
321:, royal governor of
156:see his reputed son
3167:No purchase, no pay
3135:Davy Jones's locker
3078:The Angel's Command
2922:Guybrush Threepwood
2770:Barbary slave trade
2747:African slave trade
2544:Jiajing wokou raids
2445:Battle of Ty-ho Bay
1668:François l'Olonnais
1528:Bartholomew Roberts
1416:Republic of Pirates
981:29 May 2007 at the
822:. London: Penguin.
757:. Lulu Press, Inc.
751:Fox, E. T. (2014).
243:First pirate cruise
3327:Timeline of piracy
3284:Piracy kidnappings
2937:Jacquotte Delahaye
2892:Charlotte de Berry
2882:Captain Sabertooth
2775:Blockade of Africa
2730:Piracy Law of 1820
2660:Turkish Abductions
2597:Operation Atalanta
2531:Great Lakes Patrol
2410:Battle of Nam Quan
2360:Attack on Veracruz
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1878:Nicholas van Hoorn
1863:Michel de Grammont
1728:Jacquotte Delahaye
1713:Hippolyte Bouchard
1633:Elise Eskilsdotter
1573:Charlotte de Berry
1538:Benjamin Hornigold
951:Merchant, Gloria.
944:Johnson, Charles.
937:Botting, Douglas.
602:Botting, p. 67-69.
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428:Richard Bobbington
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124:Base of operations
103:Pirate / Privateer
3470:Maritime folklore
3422:
3421:
3403:Piracy portal
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3363:Fictional pirates
3262:Truce of Ratisbon
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3197:Walking the plank
3057:On Stranger Tides
2997:Tony Tony Chopper
2887:Captain Stingaree
2824:Fictional pirates
2640:Sack of Baltimore
2635:Raid on Cartagena
2577:Moscow University
2456:Beluga Nomination
2425:Battle of Pianosa
2350:Antelope incident
2241:Marquis of Havana
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1888:Olivier Levasseur
1828:Louis-Michel Aury
1793:Klaus Störtebeker
1743:Jeanne de Clisson
1663:François Le Clerc
1498:Anne Dieu-le-Veut
1444:
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1361:South China Coast
1325:Strait of Malacca
960:The Pirate Hunter
913:978-1-5107-1304-8
886:Douglas Botting,
654:Charles Johnson,
574:www.jcs-group.com
535:Douglas Botting,
525:Pirate Thomas Tew
319:Benjamin Fletcher
300:Cape of Good Hope
270:aboard the sloop
167:
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3440:American pirates
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3099:Pirate Latitudes
3092:Long John Silver
3085:Voyage of Slaves
2952:Long John Silver
2847:Captain Birdseye
2820:
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2690:Letter of marque
2650:Salvador Pirates
2645:Sack of Campeche
2468:Chepo Expedition
2450:Battle of Tysami
2405:Battle off Mukah
2395:Battle of Manila
2234:Quedagh Merchant
2192:Adventure Galley
2038:Victual Brothers
2023:Thomas Cavendish
1988:Sayyida al Hurra
1973:Samuel Hall Lord
1953:Roche Braziliano
1938:Robert Culliford
1873:Nathaniel Gordon
1843:Martin Frobisher
1803:Laurens de Graaf
1773:Jørgen Jørgensen
1708:Henry Strangways
1688:Hendrick Lucifer
1638:Eustace the Monk
1503:AntĂłnio de Faria
1453:
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1421:Republic of Salé
1391:ĂŽle Sainte-Marie
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1223:Victual Brothers
1131:Cilician pirates
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462:Jolly Roger Flag
452:King William III
286:Tew reached the
249:letter of marque
235:alongside Tew's
214:Northamptonshire
85:Piratical career
68:7 September 1695
52:Unknown; likely
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3348:Barbary pirates
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3332:Women in piracy
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3130:Buried treasure
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3050:Facing the Flag
3043:Treasure Island
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2962:Vaas Montenegro
2957:Monkey D. Luffy
2927:Hector Barbossa
2912:Elizabeth Swann
2877:Captain Pugwash
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2782:Veloz Passagera
2780:Capture of the
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2473:Capture of the
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2213:Flying Dutchman
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2141:Miguel EnrĂquez
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2087:
2053:William Dampier
2008:Simon Mascarino
2003:Shirahama Kenki
1983:Samuel Pallache
1948:Roberto CofresĂ
1858:Mary Wolverston
1833:Mansel Alcantra
1808:Lawrence Prince
1488:Albert W. Hicks
1440:
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1370:
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1291:
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1233:Women in piracy
1198:Sindhi corsairs
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2136:Luis Fajardo
2121:James Brooke
2111:David Porter
2083:Zheng Yi Sao
2058:William Kidd
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2013:Stede Bonnet
1998:Shap-ng-tsai
1978:Samuel Mason
1898:Peter Easton
1848:Mary Lindsey
1798:Lai Choi San
1788:Joseph Barss
1783:Joseph Baker
1753:John Hawkins
1748:Johanna HĂĄrd
1738:Jean Lafitte
1733:Jan Janszoon
1723:Israel Hands
1703:Henry Morgan
1693:Henri Caesar
1608:Dirk Chivers
1543:Black Caesar
1468:Abshir Boyah
1339:Other waters
1320:Persian Gulf
1308:Somali Coast
1296:Indian Ocean
1268:Spanish Main
1183:River pirate
1161:Moro pirates
1136:Child pirate
1061:21st century
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186:Pirate Round
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108:Years active
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3450:1649 births
3435:1695 deaths
3182:Pirate code
3157:Keelhauling
3145:Jolly Roger
3007:Will Turner
2942:José Gaspar
2842:Barbe Rouge
2739:Slave trade
1993:Sister Ping
1923:Rachel Wall
1718:Huang Bamei
1698:Henry Every
1653:FĹ«ma KotarĹŤ
1648:Flying Gang
1563:Calico Jack
1553:Bully Hayes
1356:Falcon Lake
1330:Nosy Boraha
1188:Sea Beggars
1176:Confederate
1146:Filibusters
888:The Pirates
537:The Pirates
440:Ratsimilaho
381:William May
377:Thomas Wake
373:Joseph Faro
365:Henry Avery
260:West Africa
190:Henry Avery
158:Ratsimilaho
72:Arabian Sea
58:New England
39:Howard Pyle
3429:Categories
3341:Categories
3317:Privateers
3279:Matelotage
3213:Air pirate
3177:Pet parrot
3029:The Pirate
2977:Nico Robin
2897:Davy Jones
2837:Tom Ayrton
2811:Pirates in
2700:Piracy Act
2669:Piracy law
2585:North Star
2248:My Revenge
2101:Angelo Emo
2063:Zheng Jing
2028:Thomas Tew
1823:Lo Hon-cho
1643:Flora Burn
1623:Edward Low
1593:Dan Seavey
1588:Chui A-poo
1548:Blackbeard
1493:Anne Bonny
1431:Saint-Malo
1411:Port Royal
1396:Libertatia
1208:Ushkuyniks
1171:Privateers
1166:Narentines
1126:Buccaneers
1056:Golden Age
932:References
448:Libertatia
444:Madagascar
308:Madagascar
268:George Dew
264:the Gambia
170:Thomas Tew
153:Later work
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25:Thomas Tew
3162:Marooning
2790:Brillante
2579:hijacking
2570:hijacking
2561:hijacking
2552:hijacking
1853:Mary Read
1758:John Hoar
1628:Eli Boggs
1598:Diabolito
1379:and bases
1315:Indonesia
1280:Venezuela
1258:Caribbean
178:privateer
111:1692–1695
3414:Category
3140:Eyepatch
3012:Zanzibar
2987:Sandokan
2967:Mr. Smee
2832:Askeladd
2760:Incident
2630:incident
2539:incident
2521:incident
2513:incident
2458:incident
2073:Zheng Yi
2068:Zheng Qi
2048:Wang Zhi
1928:Redbeard
1818:Limahong
1768:John Pro
1673:Gan Ning
1558:Cai Qian
1366:Sulu Sea
1193:Sea Dogs
993:Maidford
979:Archived
210:Maidford
180:-turned-
135:Commands
92:Nickname
3378:Pirates
3307:Pirates
2815:culture
2813:popular
2758:Amistad
2559:Zafirah
2262:Saladin
2094:hunters
1883:Ng Akew
1483:Alfhild
1456:Pirates
1436:Tortuga
1218:Vikings
1114:Algiers
1043:Periods
976:RedFlag
962:, 2003.
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860:26 July
789:2 March
736:2 March
679:2 March
631:30 July
510:2 March
292:Ghanjah
288:Red Sea
233:Dolphin
225:Bermuda
119:Captain
3368:Piracy
3274:Mutiny
3172:Pegleg
3123:Tropes
3021:Novels
2917:Franky
2587:affair
2151:Pompey
2092:Pirate
2033:Veborg
1518:Awilda
1406:Mamora
1213:Uskoks
1035:Piracy
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434:Legacy
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383:, and
312:careen
256:Amity,
182:pirate
145:Wealth
3300:Lists
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2992:Sanji
2628:Quest
2537:Irene
2496:Fancy
2488:Bravo
2206:Fancy
2018:Teuta
1958:Rusla
1401:Lundy
1242:Areas
1228:Wokou
486:Notes
476:sword
416:Amity
412:Amity
404:Fancy
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369:Fancy
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272:Amity
253:sloop
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