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Providence Island colony

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The Providence Island colony was established in 1631 by English Puritans on what is now the Colombian Department of Isla de Providencia, about east of the coast of Nicaragua. [1]

44 relations: Benjamin Rudyerd, Bermuda, Cabo Gracias a Dios, Cartagena, Colombia, Charles I of England, Daniel Elfrith, Departments of Colombia, Diego el Mulato, Edward Mansvelt, Francisco Díaz Pimienta, Francisco de Murga, Henry Morgan, Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, Isla de Providencia, Isthmus of Panama, James Reiskimmer, John Humphrey (Massachusetts), Letter of marque, List of ethnic groups of Africa, Melchor de Aguilera, Miskito Cays, Mosquito Coast, Nathaniel Butler, Nathaniel Rich (merchant adventurer), Nicaragua, Order of Santiago, Philip Bell (governor), Philip IV of Spain, Pinnace (ship's boat), Privateer, Puritans, Robert Greville, 2nd Baron Brooke, Robert Hunt (governor), Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick, Ruy Fernández de Fuenmayor, Samuel Axe, Samuel Rishworth, San Andrés (island), Slavery, Spanish Main, Sussex Camock, Thomas Gage (priest), Tortuga (Haiti), William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele.

Benjamin Rudyerd

Sir Benjamin Rudyerd or Rudyard (1572 – 31 May 1658) was an English poet and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1648.

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Bermuda

Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean.

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Cabo Gracias a Dios

Cabo Gracias a Dios is a cape located in the middle of the east coast of Central America, within what is variously called the Mosquito Coast and La Mosquitia.

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Cartagena, Colombia

The city of Cartagena, known in the colonial era as Cartagena de Indias (Cartagena de Indias), is a major port founded in 1533, located on the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Coast Region.

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Charles I of England

Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649.

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Daniel Elfrith

Daniel Elfrith (fl. 1607–1641) was a 17th-century English privateer, colonist and slave trader.

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Departments of Colombia

Colombia is a unitary republic made up of thirty-two departments (Spanish: departamentos, sing. departamento) and a Capital District (Distrito Capital).

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Diego el Mulato

Diego el Mulato is the name given to several pirates who were active in the Caribbean during the 1600s.

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Edward Mansvelt

Edward Mansvelt or Mansfield (fl. 1659-1666) was a 17th-century Dutch corsair and buccaneer who, at one time, was acknowledged as an informal chieftain of the "Brethren of the Coast".

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Francisco Díaz Pimienta

Francisco Díaz Pimienta (1594–1652) was a Spanish naval officer who became Captain general of the Ocean Fleet.

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Francisco de Murga

Francisco de Murga y Ortiz de Orué (1570? – 1636) was Spanish soldier and engineer who became Governor and Captain-General of Cartagena.

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Henry Morgan

Sir Henry Morgan (Welsh: Harri Morgan, 1635 – 25 August 1688) was a Welsh privateer, landowner and, later, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica.

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Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland

Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland (19 August 1590 (baptised) – 9 March 1649), known as The Lord Kensington between 1623 and 1624, was an English courtier, peer and soldier.

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Isla de Providencia

Isla de Providencia or Old Providence is a mountainous Caribbean island part of the Colombian department of Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina and the municipality of Providencia and Santa Catalina Islands, lying midway between Costa Rica and Jamaica.

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Isthmus of Panama

The Isthmus of Panama (Istmo de Panamá), also historically known as the Isthmus of Darien (Istmo de Darién), is the narrow strip of land that lies between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, linking North and South America.

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James Reiskimmer

James Riskinner or Reiskimmer was a 17th-century English privateer who operated from Providence Island against Spanish shipping during the late 1630s.

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John Humphrey (Massachusetts)

John Humphrey (also spelled Humfrey or Humfry, c. 1597–1661) was an English Puritan and an early funder of the English colonisation of North America.

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Letter of marque

A letter of marque and reprisal (lettre de marque; lettre de course) was a government license in the Age of Sail that authorized a person, known as a privateer or corsair, to attack and capture enemy vessels.

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List of ethnic groups of Africa

The ethnic groups of Africa number in the thousands, with each population generally having its own language (or dialect of a language) and culture.

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Melchor de Aguilera

Melchor de Aguilera was the Spanish governor of Cartagena, in what is now Colombia, between 1638 and 1641.

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Miskito Cays

The Miskito Cays (Spanish: Cayos Miskitos) are an archipelago with an area of 27 km² located off shore in the northeastern Caribbean coast of Nicaragua, part of the North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region.

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Mosquito Coast

The Mosquito Coast, also known as the Miskito Coast and the Miskito Kingdom, historically comprised the kingdoms fluctuating area along the eastern coast of present-day Nicaragua and Honduras.

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Nathaniel Butler

Nathaniel Butler (born c. 1577, living 1639, date of death unknown) was an English privateer who later served as the colonial governor of Bermuda during the early 17th century.

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Nathaniel Rich (merchant adventurer)

Sir Nathaniel Rich (1585–1636) was an English merchant adventurer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1629.

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Nicaragua

Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the largest country in the Central American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west.

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Order of Santiago

The Order of Santiago (Orde de Santiago, Orden de Santiago), also known as "The Order of St.

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Philip Bell (governor)

Philip Bell (19 June 1590 – 3 March 1678) was Governor of Bermuda from 1626 to 1629, of the Providence Island colony from 1629 to 1636, and of Barbados from 1640 to 1650 during the English Civil War.

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Philip IV of Spain

Philip IV of Spain (Felipe IV; 8 April 1605 – 17 September 1665) was King of Spain (as Philip IV in Castille and Philip III in Aragon) and Portugal as Philip III (Filipe III).

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Pinnace (ship's boat)

As a ship's boat, the pinnace is a light boat, propelled by oars or sails, carried aboard merchant and war vessels in the Age of Sail to serve as a tender.

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Privateer

A privateer is a private person or ship that engages in maritime warfare under a commission of war.

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Puritans

The Puritans were English Reformed Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to "purify" the Church of England from its "Catholic" practices, maintaining that the Church of England was only partially reformed.

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Robert Greville, 2nd Baron Brooke

Robert Greville, 2nd Baron Brooke (May 1607 – 2 March 1643) was an English Civil War Roundhead General.

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Robert Hunt (governor)

Robert Hunt was an English soldier who was Governor of the Providence Island colony in the western Caribbean sea from 1636 to 1638.

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Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick

Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick (5 June 158719 April 1658) was an English colonial administrator, admiral, and Puritan.

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Ruy Fernández de Fuenmayor

Ruy Fernández de Fuenmayor (Santo Domingo, 1603 - Venezuela,1651) was a Spanish soldier who was governor of Venezuela Province between 1637 and 1644.

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Samuel Axe

Samuel Axe was an English privateer in Dutch service during the early 17th century.

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Samuel Rishworth

Samuel Rishworth was a Councillor of the Providence Island colony and one of the first English abolitionists.

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San Andrés (island)

San Andrés is a Colombian coral island in the Caribbean Sea.

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Slavery

Slavery is any system in which principles of property law are applied to people, allowing individuals to own, buy and sell other individuals, as a de jure form of property.

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Spanish Main

In the context of Spain's New World Empire, its mainland coastal possessions surrounding the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico were referred to collectively as the Spanish Main.

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Sussex Camock

Sussex Camock or Sussex Cammock (1600–1659) was an English privateer who was involved in establishing the Providence Island colony, a Puritan colony on what is now Isla de Providencia in the western Caribbean.

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Thomas Gage (priest)

Thomas Gage (c. 1597 – 1656) was an English Dominican friar, best known for his travel writing on New Spain and Central America during a sojourn there of over a decade.

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Tortuga (Haiti)

Tortuga (or Tortuga Island) (Île de la Tortue,; Latòti; Isla Tortuga,, Turtle Island) is a Caribbean island that forms part of Haiti, off the northwest coast of Hispaniola.

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William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele

William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele (28 June 1582 – 14 April 1662) was an English nobleman and politician, known also for his involvement in several companies for setting up overseas colonies.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence_Island_colony

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