William Kidd
Scottish sailor who was tried and executed for piracy after returning from a voyage to the Indian Ocean · United Kingdom · Lived 1645 to 1701 · aged 56
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Something wrong?William Kidd, also known as Captain William Kidd or simply Captain Kidd, was a Scottish privateer. Conflicting accounts exist regarding his early life, but he was likely born in Dundee and later settled in New York City.
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Captain Kidd in New York Harbor, in a c. 1920 painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris
The Charles Galley, a contemporary vessel of a comparable design to Adventure Galley
Howard Pyle's painting of Kidd in New York Harbor
Pyle's painting of Kidd burying treasure
The French pass from the "Quedagh Merchant"
Captain Kidd, gibbeted near Tilbury in Essex, following his execution in 1701
Rocque's map of 1746 showing location of Execution Dock Stairs at Wapping, east LondonAbout this person
William Kidd, also known as Captain William Kidd or simply Captain Kidd, was a Scottish privateer. Conflicting accounts exist regarding his early life, but he was likely born in Dundee and later settled in New York City. By 1690, Kidd had become a highly successful privateer, commissioned to protect English interests in the Thirteen Colonies in North America and the West Indies.
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