William Kidd | British pirate

William Kidd, byname Captain Kidd    (born c. 1645, Greenock, Renfrew, Scot.—died May 23, 1701, London), 17th-century British privateer and semilegendary pirate who became celebrated in English literature as one of the most colourful outlaws of all time. Fortune seekers have hunted his buried treasure in vain through succeeding centuries.

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