The New England Knight: Sir William Phips, 1651-1695

by Emerson W. Baker and John G. Reid

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Born in 1651 in what is now Maine, William Phips became a sea captain out of Boston, an adventurer in search of Spanish treasure in the Caribbean. He captured and plundered Port Royal in Acadia, now Nova Scotia, and led an unsuccessful expedition against Quebec in 1690. He became the first royal governor of Massachusetts in 1692, put an end to the Salem witchcraft trials, and negotiated a treaty with the native Wabanaki.

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Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0802081711

ISBN13:9780802081711

Release Date:June 1998

Publisher:University of Toronto Press

Length:400 Pages

Weight:1.38 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.1" x 8.9"

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