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Jamaica Inn

Bolventor, Bodmin Moor

A remote moorland coaching inn, beloved of smugglers.

Jamaica Inn was built in 1750 on the road across Bodmin Moor. Its lonely position made it a handy resting place for smugglers moving brandy and tea inland from the Cornish coast.

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When
From 1750
Where
50.5965, -4.5785
Group
Pirates

Visiting

Still a working inn, with a small smugglers museum.

Cover of Blood and Gold by Cale Mills
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Blood and Gold

Sixteen true stories of mutiny, mercy, treasure and the gallows from the Golden Age of Piracy: Henry Every, Bartholomew “Black Bart” Roberts, Edward England, Howell Davis, Christopher Moody, Anne Bonny, Mary Read, Charles Vane, Benjamin Hornigold, Blackbeard, Stede Bonnet, Israel Hands, Calico Jack, Edward Low, Captain William Kidd and Samuel “Black Sam” Bellamy. Where the record is uncertain, the book says so.

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