Privateers and PrivateeringStatham, Edward Phillips
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Privateers and Privateering
Statham, Edward Phillips
Naval biography; Privateering
St. Iago (Cape Verde Islands), 239
St. Ives, 176
_St. Jacques des Victoires_, 224, 225
St. Malo, 106, 150, 210, 211, 212, 219, 224, 231, 239, 255, 261
St. Martin's Road (Isle de Rhé), 95
_St. Mary_, 6
St. Mary, Island of (Madagascar), 103
St. Paul's Bay (Isle of Bourbon), 247
St. Pol, M. de (French mate), 242
_St. Peter_, 28-32
St. Vincent, Cape, 182
_St. William_, 231, 232
Sandy Hook, 278, 281
_Sanspareil_ (_alias Nonsuch_), 220-224, 226
_Santa Anna Gratia_, 119
_Santa Familia_, 91, 92
_Santa Rita_, 339
_Saratoga_ (American man-of-war), 290
_Saratoga_ (American privateer), ridiculous story about, 278, 279
Sardinia, 141
Sauret, Antoine, 197, 198, 199, 201
Scarborough, 9
Schomberg, Captain (Naval chronicler), 237
Scilly Isles, 214, 228
Scottish Rebellion of '45, 151
Selcraig (original name of Selkirk), 74
Selim, a young Turk, 142-144
Selkirk, Alexander;
sailing master in _Cinque Ports_, 38;
been with buccaneers, 39;
his hatred of Captain Stradling, 39;
determines to desert at Juan Fernandez, 39;
he is landed there, 39;
the prototype of Robinson Crusoe, 40;
is rescued by Woodes Rogers, 56;
describes his adventures, 57, 58;
is reluctant to sail with Dampier, 58, 59;
made a mate on board _Duke_, 59;
returns to Scotland, but laments his island, 73;
elopes with Sophia Bruce, 74;
marries Mrs. Candis, 74;
dies in the Royal Navy, 74;
other references, 62, 66
Semmes, Captain Raphael (of the _Alabama_), 13
_Serieux_, 233, 235-237
Seychelles Islands, 249, 250
Shannon, River, 211
_Sheerness_, 165-167
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