Comments on: François l’Olonnais – a truly bloodthirsty French buccanneer http://www.newfreebooters.com/francois-l%e2%80%99olonnais-%e2%80%93-a-truly-bloodthirsty-french-buccanneer boats, events, people & equipment - through the eyes of Mike K-H Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:03:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: admin http://www.newfreebooters.com/francois-l%e2%80%99olonnais-%e2%80%93-a-truly-bloodthirsty-french-buccanneer/comment-page-1#comment-562 admin Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:45:12 +0000 http://www.newfreebooters.com/?p=14#comment-562 Happy New, Delilah. Yes. Initially reluctant to join fellow Welshman Howell Davies after Davies captured his ship, Bartholomew Roberts was elected captain when Davies was killed. He created the new articles which were the base of the Pirate Code after his own crew member Walter Kennedy ran off with his ship and its remaining booty after Roberts had chased after another prize in a sloop. Although perhaps not as notorious as characters like Kidd, Bartholomew Roberts was actually by far the most successful pirate of the Golden Era of Piracy. Happy New, Delilah.

Yes. Initially reluctant to join fellow Welshman Howell Davies after Davies captured his ship, Bartholomew Roberts was elected captain when Davies was killed. He created the new articles which were the base of the Pirate Code after his own crew member Walter Kennedy ran off with his ship and its remaining booty after Roberts had chased after another prize in a sloop.

Although perhaps not as notorious as characters like Kidd, Bartholomew Roberts was actually by far the most successful pirate of the Golden Era of Piracy.

]]> By: delilah http://www.newfreebooters.com/francois-l%e2%80%99olonnais-%e2%80%93-a-truly-bloodthirsty-french-buccanneer/comment-page-1#comment-561 delilah Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:24:24 +0000 http://www.newfreebooters.com/?p=14#comment-561 i love pirates. there so intresting! my fav is Bartholomew Roberts. he gave the pirate code! i love pirates. there so intresting! my fav is Bartholomew Roberts. he gave the pirate code!

]]> By: Vendée Globe - the Everest of the Seas http://www.newfreebooters.com/francois-l%e2%80%99olonnais-%e2%80%93-a-truly-bloodthirsty-french-buccanneer/comment-page-1#comment-395 Vendée Globe - the Everest of the Seas Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:17:26 +0000 http://www.newfreebooters.com/?p=14#comment-395 [...] For a notorious pirate rm Les Sables d’Olonne, go to François l’Olonnais [...] [...] For a notorious pirate rm Les Sables d’Olonne, go to François l’Olonnais [...]

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