Edward Davis (buccaneer)
Edward Davis or Davies (fl. c. 1680–1688) was an English buccaneer active in the Caribbean during the 1680s and would lead successful raids against Leon and Panama in 1685, the latter considered one of the last major buccaneer raids against a Spanish stronghold. Much of his career was later recorded by writer William Dampier in A New Voyage Round the World (1697).
Read more about Edward Davis (buccaneer): Early Career, Davis & Cook, Breakway From Grognet, Later Years
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—Elizabeth Gould Davis (b. 1910)