1709 in piracy explained

Events

• The pirate biography, The life and adventures of Capt. John Avery, the famous English pirate, (rais'd from a cabbin-boy, to a King) now in possession of Madagascar published in the UK^[1] and becomes a bestseller.^{[2] [3]}
• April - Privateer Woodes Rogers and the ships Duke and Duchess raid Guayaquil in the Viceroyalty of Peru.^{[4] [5] [6]}
• December 22 - Rogers captures the Desengaño, one of the two Manila galleons, off Cabo San Lucas. Rogers is wounded.^{[7] [8]}
• December 25 - Rogers's Duke and Duchess attack the Begoña, the larger of the two Manila galleons, and are repulsed with heavy losses.

Notes and References

1. Book: Broeck, Adrian van . The life and adventures of Capt. John Avery, the famous English pirate, (rais'd from a cabbin-boy, to a King) now in possession of Madagascar. 1709 . 1709 . Anonymous. By Adrian van Broeck, a pseudonym..
2. Jones . Stephanie . 2012 . Literature, geography, law: "The Life and Adventures of Capt. John Avery" (circa 1709) . Cultural Geographies . 19 . 1 . 71–86 . 10.1177/1474474011427362 . 44251453 . 2012CuGeo..19...71J . 1474-4740.
3. Book: Lincoln, Margarette . British Pirates and Society, 1680-1730 . 2016-04-15 . Routledge . 978-1-317-17167-6 . 17 . en.
4. Book: Durston, Gregory J. . The Admiralty Sessions, 1536-1834: Maritime Crime and the Silver Oar . 2017-06-23 . Cambridge Scholars Publishing . 978-1-4438-7361-1 . 210 . en.
5. Book: MacLiesh . Fleming . The Privateers: A Raiding Voyage to the Great South Sea . Krieger . Martin L. . 1962 . Random House . en.
6. Book: Lincoln, Margarette . British Pirates and Society, 1680-1730 . 2016-04-15 . Routledge . 978-1-317-17167-6 . 143 . en.
7. Saunders, G.  (2008, January 03). Rogers, Woodes (c. 1679–1732), privateer and colonial governor. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 14 Nov. 2024, from https://www-oxforddnb-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-24006.
8. Web site: 2015-11-04 . La Nao de China: The Spanish Treasure Fleet System - Guampedia . 2024-11-14 . www.guampedia.com . en-US.