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Duncan Mackintosh
Duncan Mackintosh (died 1689?) was a pirate who cruised the East Indies, the Indian Ocean, and the coast of Africa. History Buccaneer John Eaton (pirate), John Eaton sailed for the East Indies aboard his ship ''Nicholas'' after raiding the Pacific Coast of Spanish South America. There he met with great success looting Chinese, Japanese, and Dutch shipping. In 1686 he made his way to eastern India where his crew split up. Eaton may have died there or returned to England; some of his sailors went ashore to serve the Mughal Empire, Mughals, while others elected to continue their piracy. Those who remained on the Indian Ocean soon captured an East India Company ketch named ''Good Hope'' which they decided to keep. The ship's mate, Duncan Mackintosh, was their only navigator and they convinced him to join them, electing him Captain. Mackintosh took ''Good Hope'' to the Nicobar Islands, Nicobars, Malacca, Côn Đảo, Borneo, Singapore, Johor, and finally back to Madras. They had mixed s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Indies
The East Indies (or simply the Indies), is a term used in historical narratives of the Age of Discovery. The Indies refers to various lands in the East or the Eastern hemisphere, particularly the islands and mainlands found in and around the Indian Ocean by Portuguese explorers, soon after the Cape route was discovered. Nowadays, this term is broadly used to refer to the Malay Archipelago, which today comprises the Philippine Archipelago, Indonesian Archipelago, Malaysian Borneo, and New Guinea. Historically, the term was used in the Age of Discovery to refer to the coasts of the landmasses comprising the Indian subcontinent and the Indochinese Peninsula along with the Malay Archipelago. Overview During the era of European colonization, territories of the Spanish Empire in Asia were known as the Spanish East Indies for 333 years before the American conquest. Dutch occupied colonies in the area were known for about 300 years as the Dutch East Indies till Indonesian indepen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
