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Prussia Cove

Near Marazion, Cornwall

The hidden cove of the 'King of Prussia', Cornwall's most famous smuggling family.

Prussia Cove takes its name from John Carter, a smuggler who as a boy played at being the King of Prussia. With his brothers he ran a smuggling business from this hidden cove, with its own harbour cut into the rock and even a battery of guns.

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When
1700s
Where
50.1000, -5.4200
Group
Pirates

Visiting

Reached on foot along the South West Coast Path. The cove is privately owned.

Cover of Blood and Gold by Cale Mills
Read the full story in the book

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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