| Summary: | This is a biographical dictionary of pirates and buccaneers, several of whom plied their trade in Newfoundland and her waters. These included John Rose Archer, Captain Charles Bellamy, Captain Burk, Captain Peter Easton, Thomas Fern, William Fernon, Captain Henry Mainwaring, Captain Philips, John Phillips, James Sparks, William White. Entries were also made for John Fillmore and Edward Cheesman, who were captured by Captain Philips while fishing off the coast of Newfoundland. The two, along with a native, later killed the captain and several other pirates and then returned the ship to Boston.
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