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Episode 208 - Pirate Brokers part 1

Episode 208 - Pirate Brokers part 1

Colonial New England hands out privateering commissions like candy

The Pirate History Podcast · Matt Albers

April 20, 202130m 38s

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Show Notes

The summer of 1694, immediately following the mutiny aboard Charles II, saw several dozen Privateering commissions handed to ships' captains from Colonial New England. Today we discuss the governors who did so, and two of the Captains who received them.

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