Woodes Rogers: The Man Who Ended Caribbean Piracy

Подробнее о видео

I usually talk about pirates on this channel, but in this video we will talk about their worst nightmare: Governor Woodes Rogers. In 1718, he was appointed Governor of the Bahamas, and became responsible for ending Nassau as a pirate base. Many credit him as the man who ended piracy in the Caribbean. However, Rogers early life is often neglected. The reason he was so good at fighting pirates, is because he had essentially been one himself! During Queen Anne's War, he had led a privateering ship to victory against a Spanish treasure galleon in the south sea. He sailed with buccaneers the likes of William Dampier, and circumnavigated the globe. His whole life was an epic adventure worth retelling. This is the story, of Captain Woodes Rogers.

Join our discord:
Hand over them doubloons:
Fork it over:

Sources
A Cruising Voyage Around the World - Woodes Rogers
Pirate Hunter: The Life of Captain Woodes Rogers - Graham A. Thomas
The Republic of Pirates - Colin Woodard
A General History of the Pyrates - Charles Johnson

0:00 Introduction
0:44 Early Life
3:46 The Voyage Begins
6:15 Alexander Selkirk
8:01 Guayaquil
10:39 Delays
12:25 The Manila Galleon
14:10 The Voyage Home
15:47 Troubles at Home
17:35 A New Idea
19:43 New Providence
21:16 First Term
24:38 Peace at Last?
27:34 Second Term
29:37 Outro

#history #woodesrogers #bahamas #newprovidence #caribbean #pirates #privateers