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Woodes Rogers (ca. 1679 – 15 de julio de 1732) fue un corsario inglés que se convirtió en el primer Gobernador Real de las Bahamas. Es también conocido por haber sido el capitán del navío que rescató al náufrago Alexander Selkirk.
Woodes Rogers ( c. 1679 – 15 July 1732) was an English sea captain, privateer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of the Bahamas from 1718 to 1721 and again from 1728 to 1732.
18 de abr. de 2024 · Woodes Rogers was an English privateer and governor of the Bahamas who helped suppress piracy in the Caribbean. Rogers commanded a privateering expedition (1708–11) around the world, sponsored by Bristol merchants whose ships had been lost to foreign privateers. In 1709 he rescued Alexander.
10 de sept. de 2021 · Woodes Rogers (1679-1732) was a privateer turned administrator who was instrumental in the fight against piracy in the Caribbean when he served as Governor of the Bahamas (appointed 1717 and again in 1728).
Woodes Rogers fue un corsario inglés que se convirtió en el primer Gobernador Real de las Bahamas. Es también conocido por haber sido el capitán del navío que rescató al náufrago Alexander Selkirk.
6 de jun. de 2018 · Woodes Rogers died in 1732, leaving behind a legacy of brutality against pirates. After all, he coined the slogan of The Bahamas, “Piracy expelled, commerce restored.” The British colony kept the motto until it gained independence in 1973.
18 de oct. de 2019 · Pirate Hunter takes a different approach with Captain Woodes Rogers challenging those buccaneers for profit and fame, as well as efforts to enhance Great Britain’s power. Most people likely know Rogers as the captain who rescued Alexander Selkirk in 1709 from Selkirk’s seven-year isolation in the Pacific.
