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Woodes Rogers (ca. 1679 â 15 July 1732) was an English sea captain and privateer and, later, the first Royal Governor of the Bahamas. He is known as the captain of the vessel that rescued marooned Alexander Selkirk, whose plight is generally believed to have inspired Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe.
During the 17th and 18th centuries, there were many places that pirates liked to go when they wanted a vacation or a hideout. Pirates gathered on Port Royal and Nassau (New Providence, Bahamas). The Bahamas was considered âpirate centralâ for a long time before Woodes Rogers was sent to eradicate piracy. At the height of piracy, there were close to fifty tavern keepers, 2,000 buildings, and 6,500 residents in Port Royal.