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1715 in piracy
See also
1714 in piracy
,
other events in 1715
,
1716 in piracy
, and
Timeline of piracy
.
Events
Caribbean Sea
December, 27th-
Henry Jennings
and five vessels from the
Bahamas
(including
Charles Vane
's) attack Spanish salvage teams recovering the remains of the Spanish
1715 Treasure Fleet
, plundering 350,000
pieces of eight
. Threatened with prosecution by
Jamaica
governor
Lord Archibald Hamilton
on account of their piracy, Jennings and his men reoccupy the abandoned island of
New Providence
in the Bahamas.
Undated -
Spanish
forces attack and disperse
logwood
cutters at
Campeche
and
British Honduras
; many of the ousted loggers turn pirate.
Deaths
William Dampier
,
buccaneer
and triple world-circumnavigator (born 1651).
References