Captain Kidd

Part I of Essay
had many ships and many hard times throughout his life, and unfortunately he was hung on 5 counts of piracy. was born in 1645, in Scotland. He set sail in many ships including; The Adventure Galley, Quedagh Merchant, and his last ship the Antonio. Many legends about ha ....

Part II of Essay
.... small ships. Kidd captured his most valuable prize, the Armenian ship Quedagh Merchant, in January 1698 and scuttled the unseaworthy Adventure Galley. When he reached the West Indies in April 1699, he learned that he had been denounced as a pirate. He then abandoned the Quedagh Merchant at the island of Hispaniola and got aboard a newly purchased ship, the Antonio, and sailed to New York City. There he tried to persuade the colonial governor of New York, the Earl of Bellomont, of his innocence. Bellomont, however send Kidd to England ....