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Master Adventurer's Escape Tale of Theft and Revolt
Captain George B Boynton recounts his exploits as a contraband runner turned pirate navigator. He describes seizing the Ferret, renaming her India, and the Australian trial in which accomplices were jailed for seven years and three and a half years. He narrates revolts in Venezuela and Costa Rica, smuggling arms, shipwrecks, and a heroic cat saved the crew from starvation after a wreck near Key West. The piece blends adventure with a darker record of crime across multiple seas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Indies
South America
St Thomas
Santo Domingo
Liverpool
Yarmouth
Nova Scotia
Lloyds
Halifax
Leckwith
Red Sea
Ferret
High and Railway Company
Gourock Bay
Clyde
Mediterranean
Joe Wilson
Frank Norton
China Sea
Reying
Singapore
Hong Kong
Sorensen
Watkins
Tom Leigh
George Ross
Cardiff
Malaga
Gibraltar
India
Lloyds’ Register
James Stuart Henderson
Santos
Cape Town
South Africa
Wm. G. Anderson & Son
Leigh
Australia
Mauritius
Albany
West Australia
Port Adelaide
South Australia
Melbourne
Fort Philip Head
Anchorage
Williamstown
Civil Service Club
Wilson
William Nourse
Tasmania
Hobartstown Hospital
Joe
Nourse
Sydney
Longwood
Seymour
Albury
Purvis
Gillet & Snowden
Williams
Pentridge
England
London
Costa Rica
Bauti
Venezuela
St. John
New Brunswick
George W. Richards
Bridgeport
Connecticut
Guzman
Alcantara
Europe
Tomaso Guardia
New Orleans
Haytian
Black Republic
New York
Richards
Key West
John Croix
John
St. Johns
Fla
Menzies’ Hotel
Noursé
East Strait
Tasmanian