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Virgin Gorda

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Virgin Gorda

With its jagged coastline of private coves and safe anchorages, this British Virgin Island was the hideout for all manner of bold-faced names, including Blackbeard and William “Captain” Kidd. For a couple of weeks in 1717, “Black Sam” Bellamy and his gang set up a temporary pirate camp in Spanish Town right under the nose of a British deputy governor.

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