George Shelvocke

George Shelvocke

male, deceased (1728)
shropshire, privateer, captain, Royal Navy officer, pirate, treaty of utrecht…war of spanish succession, lettersofmarque
Captain George Shelvocke (1690-1728) was an English privateer who wrote a famous 1723 book based on his exploits, "A Voyage Round the World By Way...

Samuel Axe

male
privateer, Providence Island, honduras, Daniel Elfrith, William Jackson, lettersofmarque…Dutch War of Independence
Samuel Axe was an English privateer in Dutch service during the early 17th century. Serving with English forces in the Netherlands during the Dutch...

David Marteen

male
dutch, John Morris, Grijalva River, Thomas Modyford, lettersofmarque, tortuga
David Marteen (fl. 1663-1665) was a Dutch privateer based in Tortuga during the mid-17th century, known primarily as the sole non-English Captain...
Otway Burns

Otway Burns

male, deceased (1850)
from North Carolina, Snap Dragon, Queen's Creek, Brant Island Shoal Light, General Assembly of North Carolina, men-of-war…lettersofmarque, war of 1812
Otway Burns (1775 - 25 August 1850) was an American privateer during the War of 1812. Burns was born at Queen's Creek, near Swansboro, North...

Louis-Michel Aury

male, deceased (1821)
French, privateer, pirate, gulf of mexico, haiti, amelia island…Mexican War of Independence, South American Wars of Independence, letter of marque, fledgling Republic of Mexico, letters-of-marque
Louis-Michel Aury was a French pirate operating in the Gulf of Mexico during the early 19th century. Aury was born in Paris, France, in around...