William Dick sailed from Jamaica with Captain Sharp, made his way across the Isthmus of Darien and engaged in robberies and assaults on Spanish towns and villages up and down the West coast of the Americas. Dick sailed on these voyages with such famous fellows as William Dampier, Basil Ringrose, Lionel Wafer, and Captain Bartholomew Sharp. When Dick returned to London, he was tried for piracy, murder and mayhem on the high seas. He was acquitted...
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