Lawrence Prince
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Lawrence Prince | |
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Born | c. 1630 slave trader |
Allegiance | England |
Years active | c. 1659–1671 |
Rank | Lieutenant-Colonel |
Base of operations | Caribbean |
Battles/wars |
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Laurens Prins, anglicized as Lawrence Prince,[1] (c. 1630s, Amsterdam – after 1717) was a 17th-century Dutch buccaneer, privateer and an officer under Captain Sir Henry Morgan. He and Major John Morris led one of the columns that raided Panama in 1671.
Biography
According to Spanish accounts, Lawrence Prince was a Dutchman from
Arriving in Port Royal weeks later, he and two other captains were reproved by Governor
In the final advance, he and Morris commanded the left flank. Advancing in a wide sweep around the Spanish right flank, they captured a hill overlooking the Spanish lines.
He was later appointed a lieutenant by Modyford's successor, Sir Thomas Lynch, who replaced Captain John Wilgress, commander of HMS Assistance, with Major William Beeston. Lynch may have intended to initiate the restructuring of colonial administration, surrounding himself with known associates rather than appointed officials of the British crown.[6] By 1672, using his share from the Panama raid, Prince became a wealthy landowner on the Liguanea plain as it was opened up for cultivation and farming.[7]
Prince is commonly mistaken for the English slave trader Lawrence Prince, who captained ships for independent slave traders during the decline of the Royal African Company. That Lawrence Prince gained notoriety as the ill-fated captain of the Whydah, which was captured by the pirate "Black Sam" Bellamy.
In popular culture
Laurens Prins is featured as a minor antagonist and assassination target in the video game
References
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- ^ ISBN 0-312-36142-4
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- ^ van Burik, Joe (October 29, 2013). "Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag". Gamer (in Dutch). Retrieved March 30, 2018.
- ^ Vasconcellos, Paulo (January 10, 2014). "Detonado Assassin's Creed 4 Black Flag: aprenda a zerar o novo jogo da série". TechTudo (in Breton). Globo Comunicação e Participações S.A. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
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- ^ Dinicola, Nick (July 29, 2014). Zarker, Karen (ed.). "The Assassins' Propaganda". PopMatters. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
Further reading
- Roberts, Walter Adolphe. Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer and Governor. New York: Covici-Friede, 1933.
- Winston, Alexander. No Man Knows My Grave: Sir Henry Morgan, Captain William Kidd, Captain Woodes Rogers in the Golden Age of Privateers and Pirates, 1665-1715. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1969.
- Clifford, Barry and Turchi, Peter. The Pirate Prince: Discovering the Priceless Treasures of the Sunken Ship WHYDAH. New York/London: Simon & Schuster, 1993.
- National Geographic Society and Arts & Exhibitions International and Clifford, Barry and Kinkor, Kenneth and Simpson, Sharon. "Real Pirates: The Untold Story of The WHYDAH from Slave Ship to Pirate Ship". Washington D.C.: National Geographic Society, 2007.
- Perry, Paul and Clifford, Barry. "Expedition WHYDAH: The Story of the World's First Excavation of a Pirate Treasure Ship and the Man Who Found Her". New York: Harper Collins, 1999. Kent, UK: Headline Book Publishing, 1999.