John Bowen (pirate)
John Bowen (? - 1704) was a pirate of Créole origin active during the Golden Age of Piracy. He sailed with other famous contemporaries, including Nathaniel North (who would succeed him as captain of Bowen's final ship, the Defiant) and George Booth, who was his captain when he served under him as a crewman aboard the Speaker. Over the course of a four-year period, Bowen took around £170,000 in goods and coinage and retired to Bourbon for a brief period of time before his death in 1704.
Read more about John Bowen (pirate): Early Life, Return To Rajapura, Retirement and Death
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