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Woodes Rogers (ca. 1679 – 15 de julio de 1732) fue un corsario inglés que se convirtió en el primer Gobernador Real de las Bahamas. Es también conocido por haber sido el capitán del navío que rescató al náufrago Alexander Selkirk.
Woodes Rogers ( c. 1679 – 15 July 1732) was an English sea captain, privateer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of the Bahamas from 1718 to 1721 and again from 1728 to 1732.
10 de sept. de 2021 · Woodes Rogers (1679-1732) was a privateer turned administrator who was instrumental in the fight against piracy in the Caribbean when he served as Governor of the Bahamas (appointed 1717 and again in 1728).
Woodes Rogers was an English privateer and governor of the Bahamas who helped suppress piracy in the Caribbean. Rogers commanded a privateering expedition (1708–11) around the world, sponsored by Bristol merchants whose ships had been lost to foreign privateers.
6 de jun. de 2018 · Woodes Rogers, in his bestselling book A Cruising Voyage Around the World: The Adventures Of An English Privateer, recounted the discovery of Selkirk on Feb. 1, 1709, as the crew made landfall:
Woodes Rogers fue un corsario inglés que se convirtió en el primer Gobernador Real de las Bahamas. Es también conocido por haber sido el capitán del navío que rescató al náufrago Alexander Selkirk.
Woodes Rogers was certainly one of the most notable persons that have ever lived in the Caribbean. This Englishman had two big obligations in his life. At first, he was a privateer and later became the first governor of Bahamas.
