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 Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2023 7:25 pm Post subject: Nicholas Brown (pirate, privateer) |
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Nicholas Brown (pirate, privateer)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Brown_(pirate)
Known as the Grand Pirate.
Nicholas Brown (died 1726) was an English pirate who was active off
the coast of Jamaica during the early 18th century.
Brown accepted the 1718 Pirate Pardon by King George,
he soon returned to piracy, surrendering to the Spanish on Cuba
before sailing in their service out of Trinidad.
He was finally caught and defeated in battle by pirate hunter and former
schoolmate John Drudge in November 1726, dying of wounds sustained
in the fight.
Drudge had Brown's body decapitated and his head pickled in rum
so he could collect the reward of £500 offered by the Jamaican
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