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=== Nerva Archipelago ===
==== Swashbuckler 4 ====
'''Location'''
From the ferry in the [[Nerva Archipelago]], leave the dock and head north along the coastline.  The monument is a plaque on the side of the seawall just before it angles to the left (west) and changes from brick into cement.
Its coordinates are (3,795, 18, 7,726).
'''Description'''
Captain Kidd wasn't a pirate at all, but a 'privateer,' a captain given an official 'letter of marque' by the English government (in Kidd's case) to raid its enemies.  Kidd captained the famous Adventure Galley, and only captured one lucrative prize: the Queddah Merchant.  Unfortunately, the East India Company had an interest in the ship and had Kidd branded a pirate.  Legend says he hid his treasure somewhere around New York, or perhaps here in Crimson Cove, before he was eventually caught and hanged.


[[Category:CoV History Badges]]
[[Category:CoV History Badges]]

Revision as of 14:13, 27 June 2006

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Description


Arrhh, matey! You be a mighty scholar o' piracy!

How to Get

Click on the Pirate-related History Plaques in:
(In order of difficulty to get to)

Monument Zone Location ( x y z )
Swashbuckler 1 Port Oakes -3113207-1550[Copy]
Swashbuckler 2 Bloody Bay 6050-150[Copy]
Swashbuckler 3 Siren's Call -942-157200[Copy]
Swashbuckler 4 Nerva Archipelago 3795187726[Copy]


Nerva Archipelago

Swashbuckler 4

Location

From the ferry in the Nerva Archipelago, leave the dock and head north along the coastline. The monument is a plaque on the side of the seawall just before it angles to the left (west) and changes from brick into cement.

Its coordinates are (3,795, 18, 7,726).

Description

Captain Kidd wasn't a pirate at all, but a 'privateer,' a captain given an official 'letter of marque' by the English government (in Kidd's case) to raid its enemies. Kidd captained the famous Adventure Galley, and only captured one lucrative prize: the Queddah Merchant. Unfortunately, the East India Company had an interest in the ship and had Kidd branded a pirate. Legend says he hid his treasure somewhere around New York, or perhaps here in Crimson Cove, before he was eventually caught and hanged.