What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Woodes Rogers 1679-1732 Great Seaman, Circumnavigator, Colonial Governor Lived in a house on this site
Woodes Rogers was an English privateer and colonial governor who led the first circumnavigation of the globe by an English ship (1708-1711) and later served as the Governor of the Bahamas, where he played a significant role in suppressing piracy.
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