![]() ![]() During those war years, he had impressed a certain Colonel Robert Livingston, a prominent New York merchant and government official, with his daring seamanship. He was also an experienced privateer, having operated with distinction against French vessels in the West Indies. Born in Dundee, he was by the 1690s a respectable and prosperous citizen of New York, and the captain of his own ship, Antigua. ![]() Image: Peter Newark’s Military Pictures Infested coastsĬaptain Kidd was 50 years old when he stepped into the situation that would transform the rest of his life. Portrait of William Kidd, the Scottish-born sea captain and privateer who became one of history’s best known pirates. ![]()
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