Woodes Rogers
(1679-1732)
British sea captain and governor of the Bahamas
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Woodes Rogers (c. 1679 – 15 July 1732) was an English sea captain, privateer, slave trader and, from 1718, the first Royal Governor of the Bahamas. He is known as the captain of the vessel that rescued marooned Alexander Selkirk, whose plight is generally believed to have inspired Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe.
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Woodes Rogers 1679 Dorset, England
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15 July 1732 (aged 53) Nassau, Bahamas
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