Pirate Captain Murray Seizes Treasure Ship in Royal James
In New York during the mid eighteenth century Robert Ormerod and Peter Cormaer hear news of the pirate Captain Rip Rap and Murray the Jacobite great uncle who commands the Royal James. Murray threatens Robert and takes a Spanish treasure ship with Flint aboard the Walrus aboard as partner.
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New York
Robert Ormerod
Peter Cormaer
Muh
Darby McGraw
Rip-Rap
Ormerod
Robert
Andrew Murray
Murray
Darby
John Silver
Colonel O'Donnell
Ormerod House
Flint
Peter
Newgate
Corluer
Royal James
Bermeathes
Dream of gold fuels long-plot to seize treasure
The narrator recalls a plan involving Donnell in the Spanish forces and O'Donnell at Porto Bello to hijack a treasure ship. The scheme centers on using forged signals and secret dispatches to time an ambush during the sailing from Cadiz to the Main, with Diego Salvez as the covert messenger.
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Africa
Prince Charles
Scotland
France
Robert
Peter
Rome
Trince Charlie
Low Countries
Flint
Donnell
Hiis
Americas
Porto Bello
Morgan
Vernon
Cartagena
Council of the Indies
Mexico
Peru
Veragna
la Vera Cruz
Garda Costas
Porta Bello
Spain
Cadiz
O'Donnell
Diego Salvez
Santissima Trinidad Plot and Rendezvous Plan Unfold
In a tense scene set aboard a brig, Captain O'Donnell and his ally discuss trapping the treasure ship Santissima Trinidad. They map routes through the Caribbean, plan a rendezvous at Spyglass Island, and weigh risking lives to seize wealth while keeping O'Donnell's part secret.
Voyage on the Royal James and landfall at Skeletonsland
On the Royal James the crew endures strict discipline and iron routine as they sight Skeletonsland. The narrator and Peter plot a goat hunt ashore but retreat to the James to avoid Flint and the Walrus, while awaiting sundown parole and returning to the ship before night.
Millard Fillmore’s Pirate Ancestry Revealed in Bold Mutiny
A historical sketch recalls Millard Fillmore and his great grandfather John Fillmore as forced pirates under Captain Phillips. In 1724 near New England, John Fillmore and companions killed two pirates, captured the ship, and reached Boston. Authorities absolved the trio of blame, praising their daring in ridding the coast of Phillips.
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Millard Fillmore
United States
John Fillmore
John Phillips
Atlantic
Ipswich
Mass
Dolphin
Andrew Harriden
Cape Ann
Phillips
Newfoundland
New England
Saint
Dependance Ellery
Harriden
Fillmore
Edward Cheesman
Boston
Mrates
Apple Pie King Honors A Humble Apple Pie Hero
An old English legend recalls bakers parading pies for a king with one crust pie of apples by a poor peasant. The king, weary yet hungry, declares the apple pie the finest and knights the baker, ordering daily pies to the palace. The tale contrasts meat pies with dessert pies and honors ingenuity over wealth.
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England
Insect and Lac: Shellac Formation and Varieties
The text explains lac as a resin from insects coating twigs in India and nearby regions. It notes lac denotes 100,000 and describes stick lac seed lac grain lac and shellac formed by melting, filtering, and spreading thin layers.
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India
L'Ollonais the French Pirate Ends in a Flaming Death
The article contrasts L'Ollonais with Sir Henry Morgan, recounting his rise from indentured servant to buccaneer and privateer. It details his Maracaibo raid, spoils, and fair treatment of crew, then his daring disguises, shipwrecks, and ultimate destruction by Indians who tore him apart and burned him to ashes.
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Sir Henry Morgan
Jean David Nau
Francis L’ollonais
Morgan
L’olonais
L'Ollonais
West Indies
Hispanola
Tortuga Island
Maracaibo
South America
L’ollonais
Campeche
Honduras
Esquemeling
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Chapter
Arthur D. Howden Smith
WNU Service
Diego
Nombre de Dios
Caribbean
Santissima Trinidad
Mona
Hispaniola
Porto Luco
Tie
Cuba
Spyglass Island
Treasure Island
Kidd
Certes
Colonel O'Ponnell
cyDonnell
George
Havana
O’donnells
Murmiy
Whitehall
London
Three Kingdoms
Duke of
Jedburgh
Cobblelaw
Broomfield
Strand
Martin
Ben Gunn
Twin
Damme
Captain Flint
Péter
Darb McGraw
Bob
James
John Flint
Darlin
Bill
Jas Dot
Neen
Fimo
Watson
Western Newspaper Union
Apple Pie
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