Captain Kidd was engaged in a race to the Strait of bab-el-mandeb with the East India Company pirate hunter Sceptre. That ship's experience with Adventure Galley was going to have drastic consequences for Captain Kidd's future.
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Sources :

The Pirate Hunter by Richard Zachs

Captain Kidd and the War Against the Pirates by Robert C. Richie

The Pirate’s Pact by Douglas R. Burgess Jr.

The Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies from British History Online

The Trial of Joseph Dawson (et al.) for several Piracies & Robberies

A General History of the Pirates by Captain Charles Johnson


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