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Piracy Sightings Off West African Coast in 1722
Captain Ogle commands Swallow reporting provisioning delays at Cape Coast and Weymouth sickness while cruising between Cape Palmas and Cape Three Points. He notes pirates had seized a French ship near Axine, and orders to Weymonth to patrol between Cape Three Points and Cape Palmas through late March. he searches for intelligence near Whydah.
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Cape Palmas
Cape Three-Points
Weymouth
Cape Mount
Cape Three Points
African Company
London
Burchete
Admiralty
Cheid Company
England
Heardman
Windward
Cape Three
Axine
Whydah