CAPTAIN KIDD

THE UNLUCKIEST PIRATE EVER

 

CAPTAIN KIDD

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DRAGONDEN PRODUCTIONS BRICK BACKGROUND WITH LOGO. © TM DRAGONDEN PRODUCTIONS LLC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. FONTS: DRAGONDEN: WOLFS BANE II LICENSED ICONIAN FONTS.  ARIAL BOLD  ARIAL BOLD. CARTA MARINA  ANTIQUARIAN SCRIBE

  William Kidd, Privateer, Pirate. 18th century portrait by Thornhill

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Map of St. Kitts and Nevis, Caribbean by Burmesedays

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  The Charles Galley by van de Velde. Similar to the Adventure Galley.

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  Captain Kidd hanging in chains

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Captain Kidd on the Adventure Galley by Howard Pyle, 1902

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Captain Kidd burying his Bible. The Pirates Own Book 1837

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Captain Kidd attacks the Moorish Fleet. The Pirates Own Book 1837

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  Captain Kidd in New York Harbor by Ferris LOC

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  Kidd at Gardiner’s Island. Howard Pyle’s Book of Pirates. Before 1911

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Captain William Kidd, and others of the pirates or buccaneers who ravaged the seas, the islands, and the continents of America two hundred years ago (1874)

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  Captain Kidd. Pirates of the Spanish Main Trading Card 1888

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Captain Kidd oversees treasure burial. Pyle before 1911

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Captain Kidd. Pirates of the Eastern Seas by Charles Grey.

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  Captain Kidd’s Wall Street New York House

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SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY AND FURTHER READING SUGGESTIONS 

 

“Plea to pardon Dundee’s notorious Captain William Kidd, hanged for piracy in 1701”  Scotsman.com. 29 October 2019. Accessed 14 January 2023. https://www.scotsman.com/news/plea-pardon-dundees-notorious-captain-william-kidd-hanged-piracy-1701-1403872

 

“William Kidd”. Biography.com. 2 April 2014. Accessed 14 January 2023.

https://www.biography.com/explorer/william-kidd

 

“Famous Pirate: William Kidd”. The Way Of The Pirates.com. Accessed 14 January 2023. http://www.thewayofthepirates.com/famous-pirates/william-kidd/

 

Johnson, Ben. “Captain William Kidd”. Historic UK. Accessed 14 January 2023. https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofScotland/Captain-William-Kidd/

 

Cartwright, Mark. “Captain Kidd”. World History Encyclopedia, World History.org.   Accessed 14 January 2023. https://www.worldhistory.org/Captain_Kidd/

 

Odrowaz-Sypniewska, Margaret. B.F.A. “The Kidd Family”.  Angelfire.com  Accessed 14 January 2023. https://www.angelfire.com/mi4/polcrt/Kidd.html 

 

   

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