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Sir Andrew Wood of Largo

Upper Largo, Fife

Scotland's privateer admiral, who sailed to church on his own canal.

Sir Andrew Wood was a merchant and privateer who defended Scotland's coasts. In 1489 and 1490 he defeated English ships sent to capture him in battles in the Firth of Forth.

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When
Died 1515
Where
56.2100, -2.9300
Group
Pirates

Visiting

Upper Largo church has links to Wood. Lower Largo was home to Alexander Selkirk, the real Robinson Crusoe.

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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