Genealogy Projects tagged with privateer on the Geni Family Tree

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Pirates and Privateers

Scope of Project This project aims to identify Pirates and Privateers on the high seas. Overview Piracy is a war-like act committed by private parties (not affiliated with any government) that engage in acts of robbery and/or criminal violence at sea. The term can include acts committed in other major bodies of water or on a shore. It does not normally include crimes committed against persons...
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Wikipedia Commons East Indiaman Kent (left) battling Confiance, a privateer commanded by French corsair Robert Surcouf in October 1800, as depicted in a painting by Ambroise Louis Garneray.
Privateer

Not to be confused with Pirates- Please add all profiles that were Privateers, read below. HISTORICAL plural noun: privateers An armed ship owned and officered by private individuals holding a government commission and authorized for use in war, especially in the capture of enemy merchant shipping. verb 3rd person present: privateers engage in the activities of a privateer. In no way were t...
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