EditorialThe titlepage of a book detailing the trial at the Old Bailey, of Captain William Kidd for murder and piracy. The Arraignment, Tryal, and Condemnation of Captain William Kidd, for Murther and Piracy ... at the Old-Baily ... London, 1701. Source: 6495.l...
EditorialThe great lottery. This is an advertisement for England’s first ever National Lottery. It was issued in 1567 by Queen Elizabeth I. At this time England was seeking to expand its export markets around the world. The lottery was intended to raise mone...
EditorialWoodcut depicting the execution of Captain Browne Bushell, who was a naval officer durting the English civil war era. He was executed for piracy in March 1651. The Speech and Confession of Capt. Brown-Bushel, at the place of execution ... Together with...
Editorial'Ann Bonny and Mary Read convicted of piracy Nov. 28th 1720 at a court of vice admiralty held at St. Jago de la Vega in ye island of Jamaica'. A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most Notorious Pyrates, and also their policies, discip...
EditorialTankard, 1700?1710, Made in New York, New York, United States, American, Silver, Overall: 7 1/2 x 9 1/8 in. (19.1 x 23.2 cm); 38 oz. 17 dwt. (1208.2 g), Silver, Gerrit Onckelbag (baptized 1670?1732), In 1698, Giles Shelley (1664?1710), a New York City ...
EditorialJean de la Tour, French smuggler, tried for piracy and murder, hanged in 1744. Copperplate engraving from John Caulfield's Portraits, Memoirs and Characters of Remarkable Persons, Young, London, 1819.