Captain Kidd
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had many ships and many hard times throughout his life, and
unfortunately he was hung on 5 counts of piracy. was born in
1645, in Scotland. He set sail in many ships including; The Adventure
Galley, Quedagh Merchant, and his last ship the Antonio. Many legends
about have made him the most famo ....
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.... on ships sailing with mocha coffee from Yemen, but later Kidd’s crew
took several small ships. Kidd captured his most valuable prize, the
Armenian ship Quedagh Merchant, in January 1698 and scuttled the
unseaworthy Adventure Galley. When he reached the West Indies in April
1699, he learned that he had been denounced as a pirate. He then abandoned
the Quedagh Merchant at the island of Hispaniola and got aboard a newly
purchased ship, the Antonio, and sailed to New York City.
There he t ....
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