Episode 248 – The Sceptre
Captain Kidd was engaged in a race to the Strait of bab-el-mandeb with the East India Company pirate hunter Sceptre.
Category: Part Five – Pirates of the Round
Episode 247 – Weary of Ill-Success
William Kidd lost 40 men on Mohilla Island. He scraped together some replacements, but then he made a decision that
Episode 246 – Careening
Captain Kidd and the crew had to careen Adventure Galley, and they found the process more hazardous than expected. The
Episode 245 – The Devil Knows How to Row
William Kidd arrived at Madagascar at the beginning of 1697. He expected to find pirates, but he found something far
Episode 244 – A Wolf in Shark’s Clothing
William Kidd escapes the long arm of Commodore Thomas Warren, and Warren spreads word of Captain Kidd, the nefarious pirate.
Episode 243 – Ye Honesty of His Designs
On 11 December, 1696 the Adventure Galley encountered a Naval fleet under Commodore Thomas Warren. Warren was the worst kind
Episode 242 – A Private Man of War
A mere four days after leaving New York, Kidd betrayed his investors, his business partners, and five of the most
Episode 241 – Half Drunk, Half Sober, or Half Asleep
Adventure Galley spent a few weeks in port before departing on 6 September, 1696.
Episode 240 – No Prey or Pay
Today we’re discussing the crew that – suspiciously – began signing up for Adventure Galley in August, 1696. We have
Episode 239 – The Sea Flower
Today we say goodbye to Captain Henry Every, The King of Pirates.