On 30 January 1698, he raised French colours and took his greatest prize, an Armenian ship, the 400 ton Quedagh Merchant, which was loaded with satins, muslins, gold, silver, an incredible variety of East Indian merchandise, as well as extremely valuable silks.

The weblink was to a fake webpage advertising a prize offered to anyone who could discover the secret location of some valuable urns.

With a roll of the dice, Death wins the lives of the crew members and Life-in-Death the life of the Mariner, a prize she considers more valuable.

It is the most valuable National Hunt event in Britain, offering a total prize fund of £ 975, 000 in 2012.

Jakob von Uexküll sold his valuable stamp collection to create a prize.

As a result of his vigorous and heroic efforts, the valuable prize was eventually taken to Bermuda.

Because it makes us prize what is not worth prizing, grieve for that we should not grieve for, consider real what is not real but only illusory, and pass our lives in the pursuit of worthless objects, neglecting what is in reality most valuable.

After Wallenstein's death 1634, Horn took some areas in Swabia: in spring 1634, his troops were unsuccessful in taking the imperial city of Überlingen, which would have been a rich and valuable prize.

Also, evolution could have simply favored males that remained attached to their females longer, since females are often less abundant than males and represent a valuable prize, so for the lucky male, even the sacrifice of his own life to preserve his offspring with the female may be worth it.

Numismatists often prize strike error coins over perfectly struck examples, which tend to be more common, but less highly than die error coins, which are usually rarer, making them valuable.

On 19 December 1949, Kurt Pfeiffer presented to the reading group " Corona Legentium Aquensis ", which he had founded, his proposals for the prize: " We have the honour of proposing annual presentation of an international prize for the most valuable contribution in the services of Western European understanding and work for the community, and in the services of humanity and world peace.

The traders usually have to weigh the possibility of an offer being for a valuable prize, or an undesirable item, referred to as a " Zonk ".

Despite this, Stirling was able to make a valuable survey of Mobile Bay and the Spanish held Florida coastline and capture an American ship, which he took back to Jamaica as a prize on 20 November.

Abel Pacheco was awarded with the prize " Citizen of the World " for his valuable contribution to culture and literature around the world.

He owns hundreds of racehorses, valuable stud farms, an exclusive yacht club on Sardinia, a private island in the Bahamas, two Bombardier jets, a 12-seat helicopter, a £ 100 million high speed yacht named after his prize racehorse, and several estates around the world, including an estate called Aiglemont in the town of Gouvieux, France – just north of Paris.

In a 2006 episode, Bully's Special Prize was a fully functional Bullseye Fruit Machine, quite possibly the most valuable prize in the show's history not to be the mystery Star Prize – however the contestants promptly lost it after doing badly in the final round.

The Gold Cup is the most valuable non-handicap chase in Britain, and in 2012 it offered a total prize fund of £ 491, 850.

This was a valuable ( prize ) seven boats loaded with provisions and goods to a considerable amount.

The traditional prize for winning a tournament was an ox, a valuable commodity in agriculturally-oriented society, which symbolized the strength of the contestant.

The prize, 500, 000 Swedish crowns ( approximately $ 70, 000 ) is to be given " to the scholar who in the view of the Foundation has made the most valuable contribution to political science ".

In the 1975 version, each correct answer won increasingly valuable prizes, and if the contestant solved all ten they won grand prize, which was usually a car, but sometimes a trip or a fur coat.

At present, the prize is £ 15, 000, with each of nine runners-up receiving £ 1000 each, making it the United Kingdom's most valuable annual poetry competition.

In the 1984 Epsom Derby, which, with a first prize of £ 227, 680, was the most valuable race ever run in Europe, Secreto started at odds of 14 / 1 in a field of seventeen runners.

For example in the mid 350 ’ s the city of Jerusalem was hit with drastic food shortages at which point church historians Sozomen and Theodoret reported “ Cyril secretly sold sacramental ornaments of the church and a valuable holy robe, fashioned with gold thread that the emperor Constantine had once donated for the bishop to wear when he performed the rite of Baptism ”.

The city and temple of Jerusalem were completely destroyed, its most valuable treasures carried off by the Roman army, and nearly 100, 000 people were captured and enslaved.

The large numbers of skilled technicians among the force of Cuban soldiers sent in to support the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola ( MPLA ) government in the Angolan Civil War were able to make a valuable contribution to restoring and maintaining basic services in the city.

The most important city in this area was Amphipolis, which controlled the way into Thrace and also was near valuable silver mines.

The building was significant both for its location and history: having stood on one of the most valuable lots in the city centre since 1878 the building had for example served as the first main building of the University of Turku.

In 1931, shortly after the Mukden Incident Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist Government ordered the museum to make preparations to evacuate its most valuable pieces out of the city to prevent them from falling into the hands of the Imperial Japanese Army.

* Philip II of Macedon secretly offers the city of Amphipolis back to the Athenians in exchange for the valuable port of Pydna.

But because of protests from city dwellers and revised policies of city planners, Gouda did not continue back-filling moats and city-canals, now considered historically valuable.

His valuable Greek as well as Latin library ( eventually bequeathed to the city of Venice after he withdrew from Rome ) was at the disposal of the academicians.

Their appearances were unprecedentedly valuable because the city would always become flooded with high rollers, wealthy gamblers who would routinely leave substantial fortunes in the casinos ' coffers.

During the war, valuable world heritage materials had been hidden in the basement of the city wall.

Despite the fact that he had lost the city, Masséna had given Napoleon valuable time leading up to the Battle of Marengo on June 14.

This valuable work serves as a guide for the history of the city beyond the limits of the Revolution.

On his return to Verona, he built a museum, which he bequeathed, together with his valuable archaeological and artistic collection, to his native city.

The Guls Horne-Booke ( 1609, now The Gull's Hornbook ) describes the life of city gallants, including a valuable account of behaviour in the London theatres.

Illegal in-law units are controversial-some accused the city officials of turning a blind eye to them because the units serve as valuable dwellings for a city facing housing shortage, and categorized illegal un-law units as unsafe and substandard.

A large number of valuable objects including jewellery pieces, glass vases and pottery have been found in the ruins of the old city.

At his departure the emperor presented him with a valuable jewel, which Wotton received with due respect, but before leaving the city he gave it to his hostess, because, he said, he would accept no gifts from the enemy of the Bohemian queen.

It is a particularly valuable example of Wren's work, for it is one of only four churches in the city of London that escaped damage in during World War II, and remains basically as Wren built it.

In order to win the Athenians ' support, the Segestaeans claimed that they were capable of funding much of the cost of sending a fleet, offering 60 talents of uncoined silver up front, and tricking Athenian ambassadors into believing that the city was more prosperous than it actually was, by making sure that the ambassadors saw all their golden and other valuable objects in a way as if these were just part of what they had.

Next to the main plaza is the Mercado de Barreteros, considered to be one of the most valuable architectural structueres in the city.