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Charles Vane was an English pirate who operated in the Bahamas during the Golden Age of Piracy. He was known for his cruelty, his opposition to the King's pardon, and his marooning by Woodes Rogers in 1719.
- Early Career
- Escape from New Providence
- The East Coast of America
- Mutiny, Shipwreck & Capture
Charles Vane first turned to piracy in 1716 when he joined the crew of the English pirate Henry Jennings who was then based in Jamaica and New Providence (now Nassau) in the Bahamas. Jennings and Vane also made retrieving silver from sunken Spanish galleonsin the gulf of Florida something of a specialty, much to the annoyance of the Spanish Crown, ...
In August 1718, Vane made his first independent pirate raid and captured a French merchant vessel. Meanwhile, the new governor of the Bahamas, Woodes Rogers (d. 1732), was just arriving at New Providence having been charged with the task of clearing out the notorious pirate den. Unlike his comrade Henry Jennings, Vane had no intention of accepting ...
The authorities pursued Vane, but his crew and ship were too fast. As one naval officer noted: "our sloops gave over the chase, finding he outsailed them two foot for their one" (Konstam, The Pirate Ship, 7). By September 1718, another force, this time sent by Governor Spotswood of Virginia, was in hot pursuit of Vane. This fleet did not manage to ...
Vane was known as a cruel pirate captain, dishing out punishments such as keelhauling, which involved tying a person with rope, throwing them overboard, and then dragging them either under the ship from one side to the other or along the entire length of the ship. More seriously for his captaincy, Vane faced accusations of not sharing out his plund...
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21. Juli 2019 · Erfahren Sie mehr über das Leben und die Taten von Charles Vane, einem berüchtigten Piraten, der im Goldenen Zeitalter der Piraterie aktiv war. Lesen Sie, wie er seine Schätze erbeutete, seine Besatzung terrorisierte und schließlich hingerichtet wurde.
19. März 2024 · Gab es ihn wirklich oder handelt es sich bei dem Piraten Charles Vane aus der beliebten Serie Black Sails lediglich um eine fiktive Figur? Fakt ist, dass Charles Vane tatsächlich vor vielen...
26. Apr. 2024 · Learn how the TV series Black Sails dramatizes the true story of the notorious pirate Charles Vane, who was ruthless, cruel, and executed in 1721. Compare his character arc and storyline with the historical facts and events that differ from the show.
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21. Juli 2019 · Charles Vane (c. 680–1721) was an English pirate active during the Golden Age of Piracy, roughly from 1700 to 1725. Vane distinguished himself by his unrepentant attitude toward piracy and his cruelty to those he captured.
