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3 unusual facts about Piracy in the British Virgin Islands


Piracy in the British Virgin Islands

The Blackbeard myth was perpetuated in the BVI when Robert Louis Stevenson wrote his now famous book "Treasure Island".

Probably the most famous true story relating to piracy in the Territory revolved around a character named Owen Lloyd.

Bellamy soon learned that from this location, ships could be seen (and then ambushed) while sailing through the Sir Francis Drake Channel – named for the famed privateer, Sir Francis Drake.



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