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1709 in piracy
See
also:
1708
in
piracy
,
other
events
of
1709
,
1710 in piracy
and the
list of
'years of Piracy'.
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April - Privateer
Woodes Rogers
and the
ships
Duke
and
Duchess
raid
Guayaquil
in the
Viceroyalty of Peru
.
December
22
-
Rogers
captures
the
Desengaño
, one of the two
Manila galleons
, off
Cabo San Lucas
. Rogers is
wounded
.
December
25
- Rogers's
Duke
and
Duchess
attack the
Begoña
, the larger of the two
Manila
galleons, and are repulsed with heavy losses.