Dutch privateer in the service of the Dutch West Indies Company. In August 1656 he managed to capture a rich Portuguese ship, called the Brazil Frigate. The prize was very large and included 200 slaves, rich people from Portugal and 22000 pounds of elephant-teeth. Quars sailed with the Brazil Frigate to the NL colony Essequebo where the slaves were transport...

Dutch privateer in the service of the Dutch West Indies Company. In August 1656 he managed to capture a rich Portuguese ship, called the Brazil Frigate. The prize was very large and included 200 slaves, rich people from Portugal and 22000 pounds of elephant-teeth. Quars sailed with the Brazil Frigate to the NL colony Essequebo where the slaves were transported off the ship………Dutch privateer in the service of the Dutch West Indies Company. In August 1656 he managed to capture a rich Portuguese ship, called the Brazil Frigate. The prize was very large and included 200 slaves, rich people from Portugal and 22000 pounds of elephant-teeth. Quars sailed with the Brazil Frigate to the Dutch colony Essequebo where the slaves were transported off the ship.

an English pirate who had a lucrative but very brief career of about one year. His chief claim to historical significance is that he was the first person to be tried for piracy outside England under Admiralty Law and thus without a jury. These Admiralty courts had been instituted to tackle the rise of piracy in colonial ports where civil and criminal courts ...

an English pirate who had a lucrative but very brief career of about one year. His chief claim to historical significance is that he was the first person to be tried for piracy outside England under Admiralty Law and thus without a jury. These Admiralty courts had been instituted to tackle the rise of piracy in colonial ports where civil and criminal courts had proved ineffective.

an English pirate, he worked in the Caribbean. He was a member of the crew of the pirate ship The Charles, led by Captain Daniel Plowman. The Charles sailed from Boston in July 1703 on a pirate expedition against the French and Spanish ships. Not...

an English pirate, he worked in the Caribbean. He was a member of the crew of the pirate ship The Charles, led by Captain Daniel Plowman. The Charles sailed from Boston in July 1703 on a pirate expedition against the French and Spanish ships. Not long after the departure of Captain Daniel Plowman ill and because of quarantine remained in his cabin. The crew, led by proviantním officer Anthony Holding, however, rebelled and his captain chose Lieutenant John Quelch. In late September, Captain Daniel Plowman died of a fever. Later, at the shores of Brazil plundered nine Portuguese ships and gain valuable cargo of weapons, skins, sugar, fabrics, boxes of gold dust and money. By that time, however, was between Portugal and England concluded an alliance. Therefore, the English Admiralty after the report of Portugal on the looting of ships issued an arrest warrant for the entire crew. In May 1704 CHARLES ship docked in port today Marblehead, Massachusetts, where the unsuspecting crew with his share of the booty broke. Within a week, most of the crew including John Quittance caught and imprisoned. In early June, he was taken to court in Boston. John Quittance was based on the testimony of crew members found guilty and sentenced to several years of imprisonment.