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BUY NOW! The True & Complete Memoirs of the Pyrate Captain Extraordinaire! The Illustrious Captain, John ‘Bartholomew’ Roberts The Most Successful Pyrate of ALL Time! Credit, Debit or E-check --- Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!. The Memoirs are over 300 pages in length.  PLUS... Full index; 140 different pictures/charts/maps; Lengthy bibliography; Concise time table; Glossary: Containing terms used, Various Types & Parts of the Ships, Description of islands visited; Full-Size Wall Map of the Cap’n’s Entire Journey; A complete list of crew taken at Cape Corso; One line of the Cap’n’s family tree dating from his father to present; A copy of the Cap’n’s brother's Will (written in Welsh w/English Translation); A copy of Cap’n Roberts Articles; & lastly an 8x10" full color photo of Cap’n Roberts. The latter four are suitable for framing. This book does not contain any writings, happenings or pictures of other Pirates or their lives, beyond what directly involves Cap’n Roberts, nor will the reader be, at any time, diverted away from Cap’n Roberts. ISBN: 1599719398 --- $29.95 1st Class S&H inc.

		‘Captain John Halsey’ John Halsey, originally hailed from Boston. As a privateers he raided French & Spanish shipping in 1704. In 1705 he received a new commission & turned pirate.   He sailed to Madagascar in command of the Charles, which had 10 guns. In late 1706, he was disposed by his crew who thought him to be a coward after refusing to fire upon a larger Dutch ship in the Indian Ocean.   His crew was convinced the ship was nothing more than a merchantman.   Halsey's intuition was correct however for the Dutch ship turned on the Charles & fired. Afterwards, Halsey was reinstated as captain. Next in February, 1707 Halsey seized two coastal traders at the Nicobar Islands.   Then Halsey sailed to the Straits of Malacca.   He found little success there, as his crew was now afraid to fire upon any ship larger than their own after the encounter with the Dutch ship. At Madagascar Halsey picked up more crew & Nathaniel North became Quarter-Master.   While visiting Mocha in the Red Sea, August, 1707, Halsey encountered a British squadron of five ships with a total of 62 guns.   Halsey displaying immense courage & attacked the squadron.   The largest of the British ships fled & the others scattered in all directions.   Halsey captured two of the ships, taking £50,000 in cash and cargo. In January, 1708, Halsey returned to Madagascar.   A hurricane struck & destroyed his ships.   Halsey was sick with a fever & died soon after.   He was buried with great ceremony. Of the ceremony, Daniel Defoe quotes: "He was brave in his Person, courteous to all his Prisoners, lived beloved, and died regretted by his own People.   His Grave was made in a Garden of Water Melons, and fenced in with Pallisades to prevent his being rooted up by wild Hogs." Click Here to sail back to V’lé’s ‘Buccaneers, Privateers & Swashbucklers’ DON'T leave this site before visiting: The Illustrious & Uncomparable Captain Bartholomew Roberts THE most successful pirate of ALL time! Planning a vacation. Check out Fantasy Island Bed & Breakfast