Rogers, Woodes
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Bristol, City of Bristol, Avon, South West, England
Sectors:
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Merchanting & trade, international & inland
Privateering
Notes:
Woodes Rogers, bc1679, was a sea captain and Bristol based privateer. Noted in particular for his South Seas adventure, 1708-11, when he organised c20 local investors to finance and then led what is thought to be the most successful privateering voyage ever from UK
Publications:
- A cruising voyage round the world; first to the South Seas, thence to the East Indies and homewards by the Cape of Good Hope; begun in 1708 and finish'd in 1711 by Rogers, Woodes
- Adventuring your estate. The origins, costs and rewards of Woodes Rogers' privateering voyage of 1708-11 by Beattie, Tim C H
- British Privateering Enterprise in the Eighteenth Century by Starkey, David J
- Woodes Rogers' privateering voyage of 1708-11 by Rogers, Bertram M H
Groups:
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Bristol, City of Bristol, Avon, South West, England
Sectors:
- Merchanting & trade, international & inland Privateering
Notes:
Woodes Rogers, bc1679, was a sea captain and Bristol based privateer. Noted in particular for his South Seas adventure, 1708-11, when he organised c20 local investors to finance and then led what is thought to be the most successful privateering voyage ever from UKPublications:
- A cruising voyage round the world; first to the South Seas, thence to the East Indies and homewards by the Cape of Good Hope; begun in 1708 and finish'd in 1711 by Rogers, Woodes
- Adventuring your estate. The origins, costs and rewards of Woodes Rogers' privateering voyage of 1708-11 by Beattie, Tim C H
- British Privateering Enterprise in the Eighteenth Century by Starkey, David J
- Woodes Rogers' privateering voyage of 1708-11 by Rogers, Bertram M H