Esempi dal corpus di testo per 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.