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What (who) is Captain Kidd - definition
Captain Kidd (song)
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Captain Kidd (Ballad)
"The Ballad of Captain Kidd" (or simply, "Captain Kidd") is an English song about Captain William Kidd, who was executed for piracy in London on May 23, 1701. It is listed as number 1900 in the Roud Folk Song Index.
Captain Kidd (pub)
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PUB IN WAPPING, EAST LONDON
The Captain Kidd is a pub in Wapping, East London that is named after the seventeenth century pirate William Kidd, who was executed at the nearby Execution Dock. The pub is a Grade II listed building, and was historically used as a coffee warehouse.
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
1952 FILM BY CHARLES LAMONT
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (film)
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd is a 1952 comedy film directed by Charles Lamont and starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello, along with Charles Laughton, who reprised his role as the infamous pirate from the 1945 film Captain Kidd. It was the second film in SuperCineColor, a three-color version of the two-color Cinecolor process, and which utilized an Eastmancolor negative as Cinecolor did not offer three-color origination, only two-color origination via bipack.
Examples of use of Captain Kidd
1. For most people, the imagery and mythology of piracy – reinforced by Hollywood – summons up thoughts of Blackbeard and Captain Kidd.
2. The find will likely reveal key information about piracy in the Caribbean and about the elusive Captain Kidd, according to John Foster, California‘s state underwater archaeologist, who will participate in the research.
3. Scroll down for more ... Pirate or privateer?: Captain Kidd was hanged in 1701 after being found guilty of murder and piracy He started his seagoing career as a privateer – a mercenary licensed by William III to hunt Britain‘s enemies, usually the French or Spanish–The Crown was supposed to get ten per cent of privateers‘ plunder, but Kidd often kept all his loot.
4. Zacks, who wrote "The Pirate Hunter÷ The True Story of Captain Kidd," details with almost stenographic faithfulness the full story of the covert operation, involving a grand total of eight marines, aimed at deposing the ruler of Tripoli and freeing more than 300 American sailors and officers held there as hostages and slaves.
5. "Because there is extensive written documentation, this is an opportunity we rarely have to test historic information against the archaeological record." Historian Richard Zacks, who wrote a book about the seafaring privateer called "The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd," said the Scotsman had captured the 500–ton Moorish ship in the Indian Ocean but left it in the Caribbean in 16'' as he traveled to New York to try and clear his name of criminal charges.