John Breholt

Standard Name: Breholt, John

Connections

Connections Author name Excerpt
Occupation Penelope Aubin
She had herself refused an invitation to join this scheme. Her testimony reveals knowledge of trading, shipwrecks, the potential profits but also the risks of investing in the return of the pirates, with inside information...

Timeline

From about 1693: British seamen based on the island of Madagascar...

National or international item

From about 1693

British seamen based on the island of Madagascar mounted an escalating series of pirate attacks on passing shipping; plans were formed for procuring them pardon (at a price).
Baer, Joel H. “Penelope Aubin and the Pirates of Madagascar: Biographical Notes and Documents”. Eighteenth- Century Women: Studies in their Lives, Work, and Culture, edited by Linda V. Troost, Vol.
1
, 2001, pp. 49-62.
49-52

28 September 1707: The Privy Council turned down a scheme by...

National or international item

28 September 1707

The Privy Council turned down a scheme by entrepreneurs including John Breholt for ending piracy by disaffected and allegedly very wealthy British seamen off the island of Madagascar.
Baer, Joel H. “Penelope Aubin and the Pirates of Madagascar: Biographical Notes and Documents”. Eighteenth- Century Women: Studies in their Lives, Work, and Culture, edited by Linda V. Troost, Vol.
1
, 2001, pp. 49-62.
49-52

Texts

No bibliographical results available.