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Captain Bonnet's Revolt
Edward Thatch was the most feared and most recognizable pirate in the Atlantic. He had no naval training and was a captain more by declaration than in practice. His early success plundering five different ships along the Atlantic coastline but his luck ran out when he took on a heavily armed Spanish man of war. The resulting battle left around 30 of bonnet's crew dead and bonnet himself severely injured But when that sees control of the revenge he apparently found a new apprentice in bonnet.