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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;randygeki, post: 682184, member: 13719&quot;]&quot;</p><p><b><i>Bartholomew Sharp</i></b></p><p><br /></p><p><b><i>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</i></b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>Jump to: </i><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/#column-one" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/#column-one"><span style="color: #0066cc"><i>navigation</i></span></a><i>, </i><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/#searchInput" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/#searchInput"><span style="color: #0066cc"><i>search</i></span></a></p><p><i><b>Bartholomew Sharp</b> (born c. 1650 – 1690?) an English </i><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Buccaneer" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Buccaneer"><span style="color: #0066cc"><i>buccaneer</i></span></a><i> whose pirate career lasted only three years (1679-82). His flagship was the Trinidad.</i></p><p><i>Sharp&#039;s career as a pirate captain began when the buccaneers, with whom he was sailing round South America, needed a new commander. He quickly proved himself a natural leader and a capable seaman, however these qualities did not prevent him being deposed as captain in January 1681, after storms and setbacks provoked a mutiny. His successor was killed three weeks later and Sharp resumed command. Under him the buccaneers continued around South America and up to the </i><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Caribbean" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Caribbean"><span style="color: #0066cc"><i>Caribbean</i></span></a><i>, taking 25 Spanish ships and plundering numerous Spanish towns. Bartholomew Sharp is credited as being the first Englishman ever to travel eastwards around </i><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Cape_Horn" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Cape_Horn"><span style="color: #0066cc"><i>Cape Horn</i></span></a><i>. Sharp had planned to return to England via the </i><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Strait_of_Magellan" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Strait_of_Magellan"><span style="color: #0066cc"><i>Strait of Magellan</i></span></a><i>, but a storm pushed the Trinidad too far south forcing him to navigate the Cape.&quot;</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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