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Francis Drake 1586
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Home of the Victual Brothers, a companionship of privateers who later turned to piracy (14th century)
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Occupied by the Baltic Pirates "The Victual Brothers". They made it their HQ in the Baltic until they were attacked by the Teutonic Knights in 1398 when the city was destroyed.
See en.wikipedia.org
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"After almost continuous attacks from pirates the original city (founded as Santa Maria del Puerto del Principe around 1515 on the northern coast) was moved inland in 1528" (wiki)
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"Havana was originally a trading port, and suffered regular attacks by buccaneers, pirates, and French corsairs. The first attack and resultant burning of the city was by the French corsair Jacques de Sores in 1555. The pirate took Havana easily, plundering the city and burning much of it to the ground."
See en.wikipedia.org
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1272 attacked by pirates (nom file)
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"Wokou (Korean pronunciation: waegu), which literally translates as "Japanese pirates" in English, were pirates of varying origins who raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the 13th century onwards. The term Wokou was used by both Chinese and Korean troops in reference to the invasion force of Toyotomi Hideyoshi." - wiki The Imjin War was an Invasion force meant to conquer Korea, China, and India. This could hardly be classified as "piracy". However, Wokou did make up a large portion of the Japanese navy. Furthermore, there is one infamous example of piracy on the Japanese retreat back to the sea which sole purpose was revenge and plunder. "With Kato Kiyomasa's last withdrawal vengeance was wreaked, and the entire city (Gyeonju) was put to the torch, including the wonderful Bulguksa temple. Loaded with plunder, Kato reached the sea coast of Ulsan."
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Faced almost constant attacks by English and Dutch buccaneers/pirates for c150 years after founding in 1540 For pirate names see link. (The town's Baseball team is called the "Campeche Pirates"!)
See en.wikipedia.org
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"(...) during the Golden Age of Piracy various pirates used the Galápagos as a base for raiding Spanish shipping along the Peruvian coast." "Until the early 19th century, the archipelago was often used as a hideout by (mostly English) pirates who attacked Spanish treasure fleets carrying gold, silver, and supplies from Peru to Panama and Spain."
See en.wikipedia.org
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"The riches of Ribeira Grande and conflicts between Portugal and rival colonial powers France and Britain attracted pirate attacks, including those by Francis Drake (1585) and Jacques Cassard (1712)." (wiki)
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"As late as the 19th century the bay was used by Chinese and Vietnamese pirates"
See www.britannica.com
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"In the 16th century alone, Cartagena suffered five dreadful sieges by pirates, the most famous (or infamous) of which was that led by Sir Francis Drake."
See www.lonelyplanet.com
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Willemstad (Punda) fortifications were built to protect the town from marauding pirates and enemy navies
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Houses the Museum of Piracy
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Francis Drake 1596, William Parker 1601, Henry Morgan 1668
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Henry Morgan 1670, Buccaneers 1671
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"perpetual pirate attacks"
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"the very specific bank edge siting of these forts was an absolute requirement for the fulfilment of their primary task: the observation and protection of river traffic. Most were built in AD 40 or soon after, a period for which we have indications of Germanic piracy." (Nomination file, p. 44)
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"Between the end of the ninth century and the early years of the tenth, the sanctuary of St. Michael came under repeated attacks by the Saracens, the most serious of which took place in 869. The sanctuary was so badly damaged, probably as a result of this raid, that emperor Ludovic II (825-875) provided (...) the financial means to restore it." (Nomination file, p. 269)
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The toll to pass through the Sound by Kronborg castle was levied from 1429 ostensibly as a compensation to Denmark for keeping the sound free from pirates. Crews from 'Danziger Fribyttere' (Pirates from Danzig) were hanged at the castle. But there was still a lot of piracy in the area and this would have been known to Shakespeare. Hence Hamlet is captured by Pirates, and, in the play, 2 pirates deliver a note to Horatio at Elsinore informing him that Hamlet has returned to Denmark
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"A Turk corsair Khair-al-din .. founded his capital in Algiers in 1516". He is better known in Europe as 'Barbarossa' and under him and his successors Algiers became one of the main ports of the 'Barbary Pirates' for several centuries. As part of a combined European attempt to wipe out the piracy the city was bombarded on 27 Aug 1816 by an Anglo-Dutch fleet and c1000 Christian slaves held there were freed.
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"Wokou (Korean pronunciation: waegu), which literally translates as "Japanese pirates" in English, were pirates of varying origins who raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the 13th century onwards. The term Wokou was used by both Chinese and Korean troops in reference to the invasion force of Toyotomi Hideyoshi." - wiki The Imjin War was an Invasion force meant to conquer Korea, China, and India. This could hardly be classified as "piracy". However, Wokou did make up a large portion of the Japanese navy. Furthermore, there is one infamous example of piracy on the Japanese retreat back to the sea which sole purpose was revenge and plunder. "With Kato Kiyomasa's last withdrawal vengeance was wreaked, and the entire city (Gyeonju) was put to the torch, including the wonderful Bulguksa temple. Loaded with plunder, Kato reached the sea coast of Ulsan."
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AB evaluation: "despite pillaging by ... the Cilician pirates, the restored sanctuary prospered during the Roman period as witnessed by the famous description by Pausanias in 150 A.D."
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Attacked by Pirates and Privateers 1567, 1595 and 1659. Its fortifed Cathedral was used as a refuge. In 1659 the English pirate Christopher Mings with 3 ships took booty worth 200-300k in raids on Coro and 2 other Venezuelan ports.
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AB: "The human historical record includes pirates..."
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The Miag-ao Church, one of the Baroque Churches of the Philippines, became a "fortified church" to counter the attacks and pillaging by pirates.
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"Protective wall systems seem to be associated with the occupation of the island by pirates (...)" (AB Ev) – "The first walls were "passive" by nature, meaning that they were prepared to resist occasional assaults, probably attacks from pirates intending to loot and plunder the villages. They were built with enormous blocks comprising cyclopean walls reminiscent of the talayots themselves (...)." (Nomination file, p. 112)
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It was ... a place for pirates and privateers (AB ev)
