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    Rogers died in Nassau at the age of about 53. Woodes Rogers was the eldest son and heir of Woods Rogers, a successful merchant captain. Woodes Rogers...
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  • between the pirates and the British Empire, represented by Captain Woodes Rogers. Toby Stephens as James McGraw/Flint Hannah New as Eleanor Guthrie Luke...
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    Byrne in the BBC One medical drama Holby City (2006–2011, 2019–2022), Woodes Rogers in the Starz series Black Sails (2016–2017), and Eric Beaumont in the...
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    Woodes Rogers as royal governor. He successfully suppressed pirates, reformed the civil administration and restored trade. In February, 1719 Rogers had...
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  • Proprietor Alfred Hamilton, from London. (seasons 2, 4) Luke Roberts as Woodes Rogers: English Captain determined to end piracy in Nassau for good. (seasons...
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    real-life circumnavigation of the Earth in two ships, under the command of Woodes Rogers. It is notable for including a firsthand account of castaway Alexander...
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    Royal Governor of the Bahama Islands Woodes Rogers reached Nassau in 1718 and restored British control. Rogers, a former privateer himself, offered clemency...
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  • Callis as Benjamin Hornigold Tom Padley as Charles Vane Kevin Howarth as Woodes Rogers Evan Milton as Samuel Bellamy Samuel Collings as Paulsgrave Williams...
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  • pursuing his former allies on behalf of the Governor of the Bahamas, Woodes Rogers. He was killed when his ship was wrecked on a reef near New Spain during...
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    for pirates to obtain a royal pardon and commission from Governor Woodes Rogers. Rogers had been sent to the Bahamas to address the problem of pirates in...
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    was back at Nassau on 22 July 1718 when Woodes Rogers reached Nassau to take office as the new governor. Rogers' ships trapped Vane in the harbour. Vane's...
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    clothing some had worn. Whilst at Charles Town, Teach learned that Woodes Rogers had left England with several men-of-war, with orders to purge the West...
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  • Rogers may refer to: Captain Woodes Rogers, an English sea captain, privateer, and the first Royal Governor of the Bahamas Captain William C. Rogers III...
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    now Colombia. By the time he was eventually rescued by the privateer Woodes Rogers, who was accompanied by Dampier, Selkirk had become adept at hunting...
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    captured on 22 December 1709 by a British privateering expedition led by Woodes Rogers and renamed Bachelor. The name Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación y Desengaño...
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    recruits until the arrival of Governor Woodes Rogers in 1718, which signalled the end of the Republic of Pirates. Rogers and other British governors had the...
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  • assigned to fight piracy in the West Indies alongside Woodes Rogers. In 1718, he accompanies Rogers to the Pirate Republic of Nassau to offer the King's...
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    pardon and a letter of marque from Governor of New Providence Captain Woodes Rogers. The War of the Quadruple Alliance had begun, and England hoped to make...
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    Governor Woodes Rogers in the summer of 1718, James Bonny became an informant for the governor. James Bonny would report to Governor Rogers about the...
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    to materialise and the date for Rogers' arrival approached, Vane and his crew prepared to leave Nassau. Woodes Rogers arrived in Nassau in late July 1718...
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  • offered a pardon to all pirates who surrendered within a year. Governor Woodes Rogers arrived in the Bahamas in 1718 to accept the surrenders and hunt down...
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    Hornigold resumed full-time work as a privateer under the operations of Woodes Rogers, Governor of The Bahamas. Hornigold spent the remainder of his life...
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    most of her crew. Selkirk was not rescued until four years later, by Woodes Rogers. Selkirk's travails provided part of the inspiration for Daniel Defoe's...
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    Captain Woodes Rogers as Royal governor. He successfully clamped down on the pirates, reformed the civil administration, and restored commerce. Rogers cleaned...
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  • in 1720. Where applicable, native rulers are also listed. Bahamas - Woodes Rogers Mombasa – Nasr ibn Abdallah al-Mazru‘i, Wali of Mombasa (1698–1728)...
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  • Rankin Rogers (1838–1901), 3rd Governor of Washington Richard Reid Rogers (1867–1949), 3rd Military Governor of Panama Canal Zone Woodes Rogers (1679–1732)...
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  • novel features real historical figures like Blackbeard, Stede Bonnet, Woodes Rogers, and Juan Ponce de León alongside fictional ones. The story was also...
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    destroyed the fort. Piracy was decimated when the British Governor Woodes Rogers took over in 1718. Over the next two centuries, the town developed under...
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  • Barbados. He is eventually released for lack of evidence. July 24–25 – Woodes Rogers arrives at Nassau, Bahamas with two warships to assume his post as governor...
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  • Bristol, and his privateering voyage alongside William Dampier and Woodes Rogers that rescued castaway Alexander Selkirk, the real-life inspiration for...
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