Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p John Martel, sometimes called James Martel, was a Jamaican pirate captain.Martel is believed to have been a privateer during the War of the Spanish Succession. After the war, like many other privateers, he turned to piracy. He was considered ruthless even by his own men, who claimed that he had killed the entire crew of one merchant ship he captured.In September 1716, Martel plundered shipping off Jamaica, using an 8-gun sloop.. }
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- John_Martel_(pirate) comment "John Martel, sometimes called James Martel, was a Jamaican pirate captain.Martel is believed to have been a privateer during the War of the Spanish Succession. After the war, like many other privateers, he turned to piracy. He was considered ruthless even by his own men, who claimed that he had killed the entire crew of one merchant ship he captured.In September 1716, Martel plundered shipping off Jamaica, using an 8-gun sloop.".