Benjamin Hornigold

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Benjamin Hornigold

English pirate

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” Accordingly, when privateer-turned-pirate Benjamin Hornigold and his crew encountered La Concorde about 100 miles (about 160 km) from Martinique in 1717, they had no trouble “advancing their power” on the French ship. La Concorde’s crew was ill and exhausted, and when faced with attack, the ship’s captain quickly…
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” Accordingly, when privateer-turned-pirate Benjamin Hornigold and his crew encountered La Concorde about 100 miles (about 160 km) from Martinique in 1717, they had no trouble “advancing their power” on the French ship. La Concorde’s crew was ill and exhausted, and when faced with attack, the ship’s captain quickly…
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