Thomas Howard (pirate)
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Thomas Howard was a pirate primarily active in the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea during the Golden Age of Piracy. He served under other pirates of the time, including George Booth and John Bowen. He al
Captain Thomas Howard from the 1933 World Wide Gum Co. "Sea Raiders" trading card series
Captain Charles Johnson
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Captain Charles Johnson was the British author of the 1724 book A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates, whose identity remains a mystery. No record exists of a ca
Thomas Howard (pirate)
…piracy, he married a local woman. However, after a short period of time his ill-treatment of her led to his being murdered by the relatives of his wife. Captain Charles Johnson – commonly considered to be a pseudonym of Daniel Defoe – wrote about this event in A General History of the Pyrates, saying that he was "a most ill…
Daniel Defoe 1706