Events

• The Parliament of Great Britain
  Parliament of Great Britain
  The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in 1707 following the ratification of the Acts of Union by both the Parliament of England and Parliament of Scotland...
  
   passes an act prohibiting the British government from accepting plunder taken by privateers.
• During his first voyage, Captain Woodes Rogers
  Woodes Rogers
  Woodes Rogers was an English sea captain, privateer, and, later, the first Royal Governor of the Bahamas. He is known as the captain of the vessel that rescued the marooned Alexander Selkirk, whose plight is generally believed to have inspired Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe.Rogers came from an...
  
   encounters marooned privateer Alexander Selkirk
  Alexander Selkirk
  Alexander Selkirk was a Scottish sailor who spent four years as a castaway when he was marooned on an uninhabited island. It is probable that his travels provided the inspiration for Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe....
  
   and rescues him after four years living on Juan Fernández Islands
  Juan Fernández Islands
  The Juan Fernández Islands are a sparsely inhabited island group reliant on tourism and fishing in the South Pacific Ocean, situated about off the coast of Chile, and is composed of three main volcanic islands; Robinson Crusoe Island, Alejandro Selkirk Island and Santa Clara Island, the first...
  
  . After sacking Guayaquil
  Guayaquil
  Guayaquil , officially Santiago de Guayaquil , is the largest and the most populous city in Ecuador,with about 2.3 million inhabitants in the city and nearly 3.1 million in the metropolitan area, as well as that nation's main port...
  
  , he and Selkirk would visit the Galapagos Islands
  Galápagos Islands
  The Galápagos Islands are an archipelago of volcanic islands distributed around the equator in the Pacific Ocean, west of continental Ecuador, of which they are a part.The Galápagos Islands and its surrounding waters form an Ecuadorian province, a national park, and a...
  
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• Kiljkover-al is attacked by French privateer Anthony Ferry with three ships and around 300 men. Ferry's fleet proceeds up the Essequibo River
  Essequibo River
  The Esequibo River is the largest river in Guyana, and the largest river between the Orinoco and Amazon. Rising in the Acarai Mountains near the Brazil-Guyana border, the Essequibo flows to the north for 1,010 km through forest and savanna into the Atlantic Ocean.-Geography:There are countless...
  
   burning Indian villages along the way before anchoring opposite of Bartica
  Bartica
  Bartica, Essequibo is a town on the left bank of the Essequibo River in Cuyuni-Mazaruni , at the confluence of the Cuyuni and Mazaruni Rivers with the Essequibo River...
  
  . The commander of the local garrison offered a ransom of 50,000 gilders, which included slaves and goods along with 2,500 in cash.