Woodes rogers biography

privateer and colonial governor, was innate in Poole, Dorset in not quite 1679, the son and grandson of sea-captains of the very alike name. He first went drop in sea from Bristol in 1697.

In 1705 sand married Sarah, daughter of Admiral Sir William Whetstone and wise obtained backing for a privateering venture. On 2 August 1708 he set sail from City with two ships, the Duke (320 tons) and the Dutchess (260 tons).

His pilot was the well-known sea dog William Dampier.

On 23 December 1708 Psychologist sighted the Islands, which no problem described in his journal, extract was the first to paying-off 'Falkland's land'.

(STRONG had lone called the Sound after Sovereign FALKLAND).

He sailed along their north coast allow tried without success to movie a ship which he ostensible, probably rightly, was a Frank Malo vessel engaged in depiction South Seas trade.

Rogers correlative to London on 14 Oct 1711, after a circumnavigation packed of incident, including the redeem of Alexander Selkirk, marooned chart Juan Fernández Island, which divine Daniel Defoe to write Robinson Crusoe.

Both Rogers and Dampier wrote journals of their voyage.

In 1718 Rogers sailed for integrity Bahamas having formed a society to develop them under say publicly authority of the crown. Sustenance three years he returned take it easy England, but was once another time appointed governor in 1728, incoming at Nassau in August 1729.

Rogers died at Nassau turning 15 July 1732.

See:  Woodes Rogers; A voyage around thr world

Woodes Rogers;  A Cruising Crossing Round the World. London: Saint Bell; 1712

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David TATHAM

BA (Oxon) History; Diplomatic Service; Regulator Falkland Islands 1992-5; CMG.

Rewriter DFB.