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Bartholomew Sharp
Bartholomew Sharp (c. 1650 – 29 October 1702) was an English buccaneer and Privateer. His career of piracy lasted seven years (1675-1682). In the Caribbean he took several ships, and raided the Gulf of Honduras and Portobelo. He took command of an expedition into the Pacific and spent months raiding settlements on the Pacific Coast of South America. His flagship, taken at Panama, was the "Trinity".
Early life.
Bartholomew Sharp is believed to have been born in the
– Catholic Encyclopedia article
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