
Drake and Hawkins were followed by an endless stream of privateers and pirates that, by the turn of the 18th century, included such notables as Sir Henry Morgan, Blackbeard and Captain Kidd. Captain Henry Jennings established a base in the Bahamas from which to raid the Spanish treasure ships sometime around 1714. Major Stede Bonnet, a wealthy French landowner of Barbados, turned to piracy simply for the adventure. He equipped southern california campgrounds a 10-gun sloop, Revenge, and in 1717 began to raid ships off the Virginia coast. He was hanged for piracy in November 1718.
The Parthenon Hotel, Box N-4930, Nassau, southern california campgrounds 242-322-2643, $65 EP. The Pink House, Box N-1986, Nassau, 800-363-3363, $90 EP. Pirate s Cove, Box 6214, Nassau, 800-HOLIDAY, $200 EP. The Radisson Cable Beach Casino & Golf Resort,
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