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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 39. Chapters: Woodes Rogers, John le Carre, Greg Lake, Edgar Wright, Daniel Webb, David Croft, David Hugh Jones, Robbie Simpson, James Stephen, Roger Gale, Wendy Toms, Jayden Stockley, Katy Hill, Raymond Sargent, Michael Hopkins, Russell Docker, Alan Burridge, Lucas Murray, Thomas Bell, Mary Butts, Natalie Clein, Alan Kimble, Garry Kimble, Maggie Gee, Peter Joyce, Rebecca Night, Dan Thomas, Lee S. James, Derek Reeves, Louisa Clein, Karen Legg, Rod Robbie, John Angell James, David Payne, Jordan Frampton, Julian Alsford, Augusta Webster, Brian Crutcher, Martin Miller, Stuart Rintoul, Chris Park, Samuel Henry Strong, Kristian Wilson, Harry Paye, Sara Thornton, Erica Batchelor, David Miller, Ben Nolan, Jimmy Allen, Benjamin Lester, Sarah-Jane Hutt, Dave Lanning, Roy Phillips, Carl Preston, Michael Francklin, Ann Sidney, Barry Watson, Tony Brock, William Hooper, George Garland, Jr., Keith Ames, Tommy Rowe, A. J. Butcher, Chris Jarvis, Danny Kerry. Excerpt: Woodes Rogers (ca. 1679 - 15 July 1732) was an English sea captain, privateer, and, later, the first Royal Governor of the Bahamas. He is known as the captain of the vessel that rescued the marooned Alexander Selkirk, whose plight is generally believed to have inspired Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe. Rogers came from an affluent seafaring family, grew up in Poole and Bristol, and served a marine apprenticeship to a Bristol sea captain. His father, who held shares in many ships, died when Rogers was in his mid-twenties, leaving Rogers in control of the family shipping business. In 1707, Rogers was approached by Captain William Dampier, who sought support for a privateering voyage against the Spanish, with whom the British were at war. Rogers led the expedition, which consisted of two well-armed ships, the Duke and the Duchess, and was the captain of the Duke. In three years, Rogers a...
