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Pirate Gibbs Recounts Battles and Piracy Crimes in Prison
Charles Gibbs delivers a long confession detailing piracy operations from 1816 onward, naming vessels and crews destroyed, riches seized, and murders tied to plunder. He traces his career from Margarita to Buenos Aires, Rio Janeiro, and Havana, ending with trials and a death sentence.
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Schoorier Marvite
Cape Antonio
Cuba
United States
Enterprise
Trinidad
Havana
Caroline
Margarita
Picciana
Ding
Gibbs
Isle of Pines
Sys
Hopson
Wessels
Amos Butler
Mary Augusta
Antwerp
Mobile
Europe
Curacoa
Bahama Bank
Moro Castle
Providence
Liverpool
New York
Lacoover
Jamaica
St. Johns
Eliot
Oo Candace
Boston
Sumatra
Topaz
Calcutta
Dido
Weasel
Maria
Bell
Santa Martha
Merritt
Mr. Merritt
Capes
Delaware
Rebecca Sims
Philadelphia
Canton
U. States
Emerald
Borton
Pepaz
Lewis
Ile
Wavana
Brazil
Republic of
Buenos Aires
Hity
Portsmouth
Brown
Dodge
Republic
Sth
Admiral Brown
Buenos Ayres
Rio Janeiro
France
Algiers
Dey
Bath
Barcelona
Port Mahon
Tunis
Carthage
Marseilles
New Orleans
Vineyard
Ife
Thornby
West Indies
Jocelyn
Lucius
Charleston
Beriieve
Jesus Christ
Juile
Jesus
Hell
Charles Gibbs