John Carnes
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Comment: There is no requirement for inline citations except for biographies of living people. He died several centuries ago. DGG ( talk ) 03:23, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
Captain John Carnes of Salem Massachusetts[1], 1756-1796, was a privateer. His portrait hangs in the Salem Historical Society Museum. He held a letter of marque from the fledgling American government to harass, sink or capture British and allied shipping [2]. He led an expedition against the British held island of Tortuga with disappointing results. The plan to surprise the island was discovered and failing that the expedition, after some hot exchanges of cannon fire with pursued shipping withdrew due to a British squadron being alerted to their presence in the area.
He later brought back the first shipload of pepper bought directly from the natives of the Dutch Spice Islands and thus opened the way to that trade in America and made a fortune in the process.
References
- Google Captain John Carnes of Salem (a portrait) Salem Historical Society Museum.
- Privateer, a narrative of a captain Beecham. http://www.theislandwiki.org/index.php/A_privateer%27s_tale
- Elias Hasket Derby and his TImes. http://books.google.com/books?id=yKweAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA185&lpg=PA185&dq=captain+jonathan+carnes&source=bl&ots=eLCPDcwd4w&sig=uWS9oeF7CuO9MzrVfdosqhER7iE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Qrk0U8X-CYSUqwHb3YDYDA&ved=0CCYQ6AEwADgK
- http://books.google.com/books?id=yKweAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA185&lpg=PA185&dq=captain+jonathan+carnes&source=bl&ots=eLCPDcwd4w&sig=uWS9oeF7CuO9MzrVfdosqhER7iE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Qrk0U8X-CYSUqwHb3YDYDA&ved=0CCYQ6AEwADgK
http://www.google.com/url? http://www.awiatsea.com/Narrative/The%20Tortola%20Expedition%20March%201782.html