When Captain John Gibault of Salem had visited Burma in 1793 his ship, the Astra, had been promptly commandeered and taken by her captors up the Irrawaddy River.

Nearly twenty-five years before, Captain John Davis had noted, as he sailed near the Arctic Circle, `` a very great gulf, the water whirling and roaring, as it were the meeting of tides ''.

That these settlers survived at all is due in large measure to Captain John Smith, a pirate turned gentleman.

A colony there would be of great assistance to the British Navy in facilitating attacks on the Spanish possessions in Chile and Peru, as Banks's collaborators, James Matra, Captain Sir George Young and Sir John Call pointed out in written proposals on the subject.

* 1776 – Captain John Barry and the captures the Edward.

Nelson focused his flagship's fire on Spartiate, while Captain Thomas Louis in Minotaur attacked the unengaged Aquilon and Captain John Peyton in Defence joined the attack on Peuple Souverain.

* Flying Fat Albert, M2, Captain John Hecker USMC

His father was Captain John Kyd, who was lost at sea.

On 11 December 1695, Bellomont, who was now governing New York, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, asked the " trusty and well beloved Captain Kidd " to attack Thomas Tew, John Ireland, Thomas Wake, William Maze, and all others who associated themselves with pirates, along with any enemy French ships.

English Captain John Strong, commander of the Welfare, sailed between the two principal islands in 1690 and called the passage " Falkland Channel " ( now Falkland Sound ), after Anthony Cary, 5th Viscount Falkland ( 1659 – 1694 ), who as Commissioner of the Admiralty had financed the expedition and later became First Lord of the Admiralty.

The next year Captain John MacBride established a British settlement at Port Egmont.

Francis Scott Key was born to Ann Phoebe Penn Dagworthy ( Charlton ) and Captain John Ross Key at the family plantation Terra Rubra in what was Frederick County, Maryland ( now Carroll County, Maryland ).

In 1995, Hackman played an inept Hollywood producer in Get Shorty and the villainous fast-draw champion John Herrod in The Quick and the Dead opposite Sharon Stone, Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe, as well as submarine Captain Frank Ramsey in the film Crimson Tide with Denzel Washington.

Another factor was the findings of the Palliser Expedition of 1857 to 1860, led by Captain John Palliser.

Other notable pre-20th century examples include Giacomo Casanova's 1788 Icosaméron, a 5-volume, 1, 800-page story of a brother and sister who fall into the Earth and discover the subterranean utopia of the Mégamicres, a race of multicolored, hermaphroditic dwarfs ; Symzonia: A Voyage of Discovery by a " Captain Adam Seaborn " ( 1820 ) which reflected the ideas of John Cleves Symmes, Jr .; Edgar Allan Poe's 1838 novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket ; Jules Verne's 1864 novel A Journey to the Center of the Earth, which described a prehistoric subterranean world ; and George Sand's 1884 novel Laura, Voyage dans le Cristal where unseen and giant crystals could be found in the interior of the Earth.

Still other stories claim that a secret line of hereditary protectors keep the Grail, or that it was hidden by the Templars in Oak Island, Nova Scotia's famous " Money Pit ", while local folklore in Accokeek, Maryland says that it was brought to the town by a closeted priest aboard Captain John Smith's ship.

* John Walker, fictional character in Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons ( eldest of the Walker children and Captain of the Swallow )

* John Walker, alter ego of U. S. Agent, a comic book hero, who is an ultra-patriotic crime fighter, formerly Super-Patriot and Captain America VI

John Dirks ' The Captain and the Kids ( February 29, 1976 )

Captain Bloodshot is a pint-sized pirate rival of John Silver's.

From 1946, Dirks ' son, John Dirks, gradually began doing more of the work on The Captain and the Kids.

John Dirks ' drawing shifted slightly towards a more square-formed line, though it maintained the original style until The Captain and the Kids ended its run in 1979.

The Captain was voiced by Billy Bletcher, and John Silver was voiced by Mel Blanc.

Captain John Charles Marshall together with Thomas Gilbert came to the islands in 1788.

In 1772 Richard Sheridan fought a famous duel against Captain Thomas Mathews.

Mount Sheridan in Yellowstone National Park was named for Sheridan by Captain John W. Barlow in 1871.

J. Michael Straczynski has stated that the character of Captain John Sheridan in the Babylon 5 television series was intended to be a direct descendant of General Sheridan.

The pilot of Stingray is the square-jawed Captain Troy Tempest, the Supermarionation puppet who was modelled on James Garner, accompanied by Dixie navigator Lieutenant George Lee " Phones " Sheridan, nicknamed " Phones " because of his job as Stingray's hydrophone operator.

The airport has two passenger terminals on the eastern side of the airport on reclaimed mangrove swamp They are approximately north from Cairns Central Shopping Centre and situated on Airport Avenue off Sheridan Street ( Captain Cook Highway ).

Captain Sheridan grants their request, and supplies them with equipment, along with promises of protection while in Babylon 5 space.

Brother Theo petitions Captain Sheridan to use Babylon 5's resources to find out what Brother Edward's tormented by before he does.

Furthermore, Captain Jankowski was assigned to command the fleet against the advice of capable officers such as Commander John Sheridan, who warned that Jankowski was unreliable and " trigger-happy " and declined to accompany him on the mission.

Captain John Sheridan is heard informing an unspecified party that if they have any further trouble with hijackers to contact him and he will handle the situation.

* Captain John Sheridan assumes command of Babylon 5 ; we learn that the Minbari still resent him because of his victory over them in the Earth-Minbari War and protested his command assignment to the station they helped fund.

The ship's captain, Jack Maynard, is an old friend of Babylon 5 commander Captain John Sheridan.

Talia is interviewed by Captain Sheridan, who attempts to understand the images.

After learning of the attack G ' Kar attempts to enter Londo's quarters to kill him, but Captain Sheridan and a security team prevent him from doing so.

Captain Sheridan decides to take a wing of Starfury fighters and personally investigate the problem.

General William Hague, the Chairman of the EarthForce Joint Chiefs of Staff and a friend of Captain Sheridan, arrives at Babylon 5 to meet with him.

Captain Sheridan tells G ' Kar that he will do what he can to convince Earth to help the Narn.

His comments are strongly criticized by Captain John Sheridan, Babylon 5's commanding officer, who argues that Earth still doesn't have the level of technology to fight the Minbari, Centauri, or " god forbid " the Vorlons, and that Babylon 5 is still the " last, best hope for peace " in the galaxy.

Captain Sheridan tries to convince Delenn not to shut herself in with the Markab as he will not be able to let her out again.

Lieutenant Corwin receives a promotion to full Lieutenant and Captain Sheridan asks Ivanova to " talk " to Corwin and determine if he is an asset for the " Conspiracy of Light ".

Meanwhile, on Babylon 5, members of the Nightwatch grow suspicious about the sudden ( and lengthy ) disappearance of Captain Sheridan.

Captain John Sheridan learns that the Alexander is heading towards the station.

He informs Captain Sheridan, Commander Ivanova, and Mr. Garibaldi that General Hague is dead.

Captain Sheridan orders fighters deployed, and for all available security forces to be prepared for Clark's forces in case the station is boarded.