Captain William Kidd

Captain Kidd had a license from Lord Bellomont, the governor of New England and New York, and King William III of England to hunt down pirates and capture French ships. Read about more pirates in the Pirates of the Golden Age slideshow.

Captain William Kidd at Gardiner's Island
Pirates CD-ROM, ©Dover Publications, 2007

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