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A Short History of Pirates

Dan Snow's History Hit

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Captain Kidd, a Privateer in the East Indies

Captain kidd was a scottish privateer in the very late seventeenth century. He was hired out by the east india any to protect trade between the english and the indian mugals. But he became reckless and began attacking pretty much any ship that came by. And essentially broke his contract by attacking ships he wasn't supposed to, including a large armenian ship which ended up being kind of his downfall.

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