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1679 CE - 1732 CE: Life of the privateer, navigator and governor of the Bahamas, Woodes Rogers.
1708 CE - 1711 CE: The Englishman Woodes Rogers commands a privateering expedition that circumnavigates the globe.
1709 CE: Alexander Selkirk is rescued from the Juan Fernández Islands by Woodes Rogers during his privateering circumnavigation.
1710 CE: The English privateer Woodes Rogers captures the Manila galleon Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación Disengaño.
1712 CE: Woodes Rogers publishes his account of his privateering circumnavigation, 'A Cruising Voyage Round the World.'.
1717 CE: Woodes Rogers is appointed the Governor of the Bahamas for the first time.
1718 CE: Woodes Rogers arrives at New Providence to begin his governorship of the Bahamas.
1721 CE: Woodes Rogers, former Governor of the Bahamas, spends time in a debtor's prison in England.
1728 CE: Woodes Rogers is appointed the Governor of the Bahamas for the second time.
1732 CE: Governor Woodes Rogers dies of ill health in the Bahamas.