biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.1635–88)
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| biography:
| Buccaneer, born in Llanrumney, S Wales, UK. Kidnapped as a child in Bristol and shipped to Barbados, he joined the buccaneers, leading many raids against the Spanish and Dutch in the West Indies and Central America. His most famous exploit was the sacking of Porto Bello and Panama (1671). Transported to London under arrest (1672) to placate the Spanish, he was subsequently knighted (1674) on the renewal of hostilities. He moved to Jamaica, where he became a wealthy planter and deputy-governor. |
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