Robert Walsingham (pirate)

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Robert Walsingham, also Wallsingham, was a famous 17th-century English pirate who served with the Barbary States.[1] He was the captain of a Turkish man-of-war, in which he finally sailed to Ireland to submit himself to the authorities.[2] He was pardoned in 1621 by James I of England, together with Henry Mainwaring with whom he had collaborated,[3] and was accepted into the Royal Navy.[1]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Predators and parasites Oded Löwenheim p.129
  2. Defining community in early modern Europe Michaël Halvorson, Karen E. Spierling p.231ff [1]
  3. Jolly Roger Patrick Pringle p.46ff

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