Woodes Rogers

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Woodes Rogers was an English sea captain and privateer who became famous for his circumnavigation of the globe and later served as the first royal governor of the Bahamas, where he worked to suppress piracy.

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Woodes Rogers canonical 16
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Predicate Object
instanceOf English sea captain ⓘ
colonial governor ⓘ
human ⓘ
privateer ⓘ
birthPlace Bristol ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
birthYear c. 1679 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathPlace Bahamas ⓘ
Nassau ⓘ
deathYear 1732 ⓘ
describedIn A Cruising Voyage Round the World (travel narrative) ⓘ
employer Bristol merchants ⓘ
event appointed first Royal Governor of the Bahamas in 1718 ⓘ
faced opposition from local factions and former pirates in Nassau ⓘ
implemented anti-piracy measures in Nassau ⓘ
led a privateering expedition around the world from 1708 to 1711 ⓘ
offered royal pardons to pirates who surrendered ⓘ
re-established British colonial government in the Bahamas ⓘ
rescued marooned sailor Alexander Selkirk on Juan Fernández Islands in 1709 ⓘ
returned to the Bahamas for a second term as governor in the 1730s ⓘ
was imprisoned for debt in England after his first term as governor ⓘ
genre travel literature ⓘ
influenced popular image of the castaway that inspired Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe ⓘ
knownFor issuing the motto "Expulsis piratis restituta commercia" ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
militaryBranch English privateering fleet ⓘ
mottoAsGovernor Expulsis piratis restituta commercia ⓘ
name Woodes Rogers ⓘ
notableFor circumnavigation of the globe ⓘ
rescuing Alexander Selkirk ⓘ
suppression of piracy in the Bahamas ⓘ
notableWork A Cruising Voyage Round the World ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
colonial governor ⓘ
privateer ⓘ
sea captain ⓘ
participantIn War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
positionHeld Governor of the Bahama Islands ⓘ
Royal Governor of the Bahamas ⓘ
residence Bristol ⓘ
Nassau ⓘ
shipCommanded Duchess ⓘ
Duke ⓘ
spouse Sarah Whetstone ⓘ

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Alexander Selkirk → rescuedBy → Captain Woodes Rogers ⓘ
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Sarah Whetstone → spouse → Woodes Rogers ⓘ
Duke (privateering ship) → captain → Woodes Rogers ⓘ
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