Captain Kidd was engaged in a race to the Strait of bab-el-mandeb with the East India Company pirate hunter Sceptre. That ship’s experience with Adventure Galley was going to have drastic consequences for Captain Kidd’s future.
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Sources :
- The Pirate Hunter by Richard Zachs
- Captain Kidd and the War Against the Pirates by Robert C. Richie
- The Pirate’s Pact by Douglas R. Burgess Jr.
- The Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies from British History Online
- The Trial of Joseph Dawson (et al.) for several Piracies & Robberies
- A General History of the Pirates by Captain Charles Johnson