Woodes Rogers: The Man Who Ended Caribbean Piracy

I usually talk about pirates on this channel, but in this video we will talk about their worst nightmare: Governor Woodes Rogers. In 1718, he was appointed Governor of the Bahamas, and became responsible for ending Nassau as a pirate base. Many credit him as the man who ended piracy in the Caribbean. However, Rogers early life is often neglected. The reason he was so good at fighting pirates, is because he had essentially been one himself! During Queen Anne's War, he had led a privateering ship to victory against a Spanish treasure galleon in the south sea. He sailed with buccaneers the likes of William Dampier, and circumnavigated the globe. His whole life was an epic adventure worth retelling. This is the story, of Captain Woodes Rogers.
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Sources
A Cruising Voyage Around the World - Woodes Rogers
Pirate Hunter: The Life of Captain Woodes Rogers - Graham A. Thomas
The Republic of Pirates - Colin Woodard
A General History of the Pyrates - Charles Johnson
0:00 Introduction
0:44 Early Life
3:46 The Voyage Begins
6:15 Alexander Selkirk
8:01 Guayaquil
10:39 Delays
12:25 The Manila Galleon
14:10 The Voyage Home
15:47 Troubles at Home
17:35 A New Idea
19:43 New Providence
21:16 First Term
24:38 Peace at Last?
27:34 Second Term
29:37 Outro
#history #woodesrogers #bahamas #newprovidence #caribbean #pirates #privateers

[@spirospagiatis4731]

Here's my pirate meme (only transformers fans will understand it) : Charles Vane (in Megatron's role) : Now it's merely a matter of time until Woodes Rogers admits defeat.😈 Calico Jack (in Starscream's role) : The British would have lost eons ago if I'd been calling the shots!😠 Vane : Rackham, only a select few ever lead.😠 Calico Jack : My time will come, Vane.😠 (epic foreshadowing) Vane : Never!😠 NEVEEER!!!!!!😡😡😡

[@JVJ_2000]

Woodes Rogers (In Optimus’ Voice) : Vane must be stopped , no matter the cost. (You got the touch starts playing)

[@user-nj6bt5gy4s]

@@JVJ_2000 wow that is an old ass college humor video. One of the oldest YT videos I remember watching.

[@mageillus]

Woodes Rogers who knew Alexander Selkirk, who knew William Dampier, who knew Bartholomew Sharp, who knew Henry Morgan gotta be a better cinematic universe than Marvel could ever achieve.

[@JVJ_2000]

Check out Black Sails

[@mageillus]

@@JVJ_2000 why?

[@trangho5317]

@@mageillus it just fun to watch

[@ct1762]

Morgan was 25 years before Rogers lol

[@wiwysova]

Not a high bar

[@LegendaryFrigate]

"Grand Master Torres. Mr. Duncan Walpole has arrived.."

[@JB-fp5ud]

Alexander Selkirk wasn’t marooned because he was fed up with his crew. He asked to stay because the boat was damaged by worm infestation and he knew it would sink . His other crew members went on without him and were shipwrecked weeks later . The Spanish found them and killed over thirty . Selkirk got picked up 5 years later by a British ship and continued to sail . He died many years later on board a vessel due to yellow fever and was given an at sea burial . His decision to stay on Juan Fernandes island was perhaps one of the greatest decisions ever made .

[@sunandshadow6593]

A video on a major, yet underrated British historical figure on tea day; coincidence? I think not! Edit: It's weird to think that the man who passed down knowledge from the buccaneers, some of the earliest Caribbean pirates, to the man who would herald the end of their reign was the coconut god himself.

[@spade3779]

“this is a wholesome, Christian, Minecraft ship!” that made me snort lol

[@GrudgeyCable]

Always making them documentary quality videos man. Appreciate your effort and look forward to every new episode keep it up! 👍

[@trangho5317]

I now great this is history of sea roving

[@_p3t3r_34]

First time I ever read of Rogers, was in "Republic Of Pirates" by Colin Woodard where I read his exploits very reluctantly (he wasn't a pirate:cringe). But since then I grew older and wiser and genuinly wanted to know his story, so thank you for presenting his biography. goatskins

[@mentallychallenging]

you should definitely cover some of the indian ocean pirates, theres very little info out there on youtube

[@davidcunningham2074]

another great story

[@hc3d]

Nicely told and narrated

[@scottmiller1297]

You pack a lot of information and small videos keep up the goodwork appreciate your work here

[@bookofroger]

Another top quality video! Seriously they can be their own movies

[@Dingomush]

I have to say that the last picture of a statue there looks an awful lot like an opening day prop for the movie “Last of the Mohicans”!……….lol.

[@unknowntrooper_2791]

Great Video, could have included more details but very solid 30 minute long video. There is so many interesting things about him that the video fills up easily.

[@merafirewing6591]

Not a fun moment for the Pirate when Rogers shows up.

[@ranger7522]

if someone should make a movie about this guy I'd absolutely pay to watch that!! I've known about him for years, but I never heard such a detailed account of him before. Great video!! keep up thegood work

[@jeffreyryan8401]

These pieces of piracy history are well worth watching, thx

[@jonesey1981]

superb

[@AmbroseBoaBowie]

Well well well, the man who gave everything to a government was left with nothing but a glorified thank you card and a broken city to rule over. I’m not saying I’m disrespecting Rodgers, but his story is a perfect example of fighting for a society that promises peace and prosperity, but drains its people of rights and freedoms. “I choose dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery” -Thomas Jefferson 🏴‍☠️

[@GoldandGunpowder]

pirates robbed innocent fishermen, enslaved free blacks and mulattoes, raped and tortured, Nassau was a stinking shithole before Rogers arrived, anything else?

[@bosunbill9059]

Rogers is no better than the pirates and too is a scumbag. Or even a greater one. He was a privateer that rob people blind just as the pirates and he is a major slaver too. And him doing what he did to the pirates could be seen as ratting on people of his own trade.

[@AmbroseBoaBowie]

@@GoldandGunpowder It’s the princable of the thing!

[@AmbroseBoaBowie]

@@bosunbill9059 I agree with this. Pirates were criminals but but at least the ones of vertices didn’t turn on their fellow man by siding with the vary thing they were against

[@patchdaisy3913]

Would love to see a video about ned low

[@justinheads5751]

can you list the songs you used in this video for me? there's a couple I'd like to hear fully.

[@piraticvs]

Hehe are the memes coming back? Looking forward to it!

[@seadog1334]

Do you have any plan to do a video about "the roundmen" like henry avery or thomas tew or any mediterranean corsairs?

[@GoldandGunpowder]

yes

[@trangho5317]

@@GoldandGunpowder wow thanks

[@trangho5317]

Can your make video about some sea roving another country like albanian pirate of barbary pirate

[@SethAurelius94]

Nice use of Skies of Arcadia music.

[@spirospagiatis4731]

The ghost of Charles Vane will be furious.

[@robnewman6101]

Poor Woodes Rogers. R.I.P

[@gegepandora6872]

Whats his book called

[@androrobuiques9497]

Who had lived in the governors house in Nassau before Rodgers had arrived? Does anyone know?

[@rachdarastrix5251]

Couldn't the pirates have fought back using termites and bevers?

[@perfectallycromulent]

that scheme would be doomed by the inability of those critters to survive in salt water

[@patron8597]

Second term, eh? Yay, quite the reward.

[@trangho5317]

A not you video about pirogue boat pirate used can you show the video in channel please

[@GoldandGunpowder]

i will remake it in the future

[@trangho5317]

@@GoldandGunpowder thank you and your can make the video about pirate used schooner ship you no about ned low ship and john phillips

[@GoldandGunpowder]

yeah schooner vid will come in the future

[@trangho5317]

@@GoldandGunpowder thanks

[@trangho5317]

@@GoldandGunpowder and can you make about pirate fleet

[@skeletor6789]

But Woodes Rogers was born 1679 to 15 July 1732. So how was he pointed Governor in 1780?

[@GoldandGunpowder]

i said 1718

[@seanjitsulewis2938]

Love the details of the video hate the music

[@mydogbullwinkle]

I love the Dragon Ball music

[@GoldandGunpowder]

there is no dragon ball music

[@mydogbullwinkle]

@@GoldandGunpowder Sorry, not actual Dragon Ball music. Certain stretches of the composition reminded me the old background music from that show. Love the channel! There are too few good Age of Sail history channels on youtube!

[@stevelenox152]

Gd thing there was no pirate named Edward Kenway lol

[@keinosmith874]

🇧🇸🇧🇸🇧🇸🇧🇸💯the bahamas

[@r.g.bjaguar5452]

assassin creed it is.

[@clevermcgenericname891]

FWR amirite?

[@Dataism]

wooo hoo

[@rogerw3818]

That wasn't nearly as interesting as the 'Black Sails' Woodes Rogers, though 'Black Sails' really dropped the ball not including that mouth injury.

[@bosunbill9059]

I think Black Sail`s Rogers did wore a scar, but a very faint one. Tho they didn't emphasis on it.

[@vespelian]

I wonder if you could turn the generic music up a tad. I can still just make out your narration.

[@royweblin9561]

I can’t listen to this as he obtrusive back ground ‘music’ makes it impossible

[@patordie]

the showtune music is extremely distracting

[@a.bizzle9699]

Lesson learned? You can’t do shit by yourself. The Pirate OGs should have allied up instead of split ways where each was picked off. Could have extended the pirate way a little more. Probably for the best tho, pirates were assholes.

[@TheZackofSpades]

The orchestral accompaniment to this saga is thoroughly enjoyable. 10/10

[@RobRoy619]

Good channel but your audio is a little quiet combined with your accent its a little difficult to hear some of the points you are making at times.

[@GoldandGunpowder]

you can raise the volume, I can't do anything about my accent

[@RobRoy619]

@@GoldandGunpowder You are from a Nordic country i assume right? Haha I didnt mean for you to change your accent i just meant because you pronounce some words more softly than a lot of native English speaker would if you crank the volume a little that would be fine. Great content been binge watching keep up the good work.

[@TheNumber]

The coolest guy of the pirate age was a devout Christian… based

[@alaeddinejabrane6862]

What a prick this rogers fella is, ruining everybody’s fun.

[@nnnnnnnn4944]

He's interesting but it's sad what he did to Nassau and that he hated the pirates 🏴‍☠️ in real life villains always win ⚔️

[@muhammadashshiddiq8752]

Pirates frequently attacked innocent fishermen, enslaved free blacks and played a role in the Atlantic slave trade. can you tell me how pirates are good guy?

[@conflict7269]

Should have stayed a pirate

[@muhammadashshiddiq8752]

like somalia?

[@GutterJon]

All my homies hate woodes rodgers

[@benjamingosselin7946]

Jolly roger is a shitty translation of the french pirate flage Jolie rouge

[@trentidfwy3770]

Black sails made me hate woodes rogers

[@GoldandGunpowder]

letting a TV adaptation affect your opinion of a real person that actually existed and did real things is incredibly immature

[@redclanwool1590]

@@GoldandGunpowder just because people like shows don’t make them immature, not like it offends Rogers or something. What’s done is history shows tend to romanticize piracy and black sails did a great job of entertaining and telling a convincing story. Chill

[@cristinavuscan5610]

Black Sails made me hate Captain Flint.

[@101Mant]

​@@redclanwool1590he didn't say liking shows makes people immature, he said basing your option of a real person on a TV show did. You aren't responding to his point but some other point you made up.

[@TheSuperhoden]

I don't like him.

[@trangho5317]

Why

[@RabidPancakeDisorder]

@@trangho5317 He ended piracy

[@trangho5317]

@@RabidPancakeDisorder i understand that because i watch black sails tv show

[@trangho5317]

In black sails have benjamin hornigold edward teach charles vane john rackham anne bonny

[@trangho5317]

@Ged Woulfe i now it just tv show

[@user-lk9jr1ki9c]

Not a fan of the music. Seemed more distracting than complimenting.