The ship thieves

Description:

The cunningly resourceful Porter and nine other convicts escaped, hijacked a ship and crossed the perilous South Pacific to Chile, passing themselves off as shipwrecked mariners, until betrayal led to discovery. This work tells the tale of the colonial pirate, James Porter.

subjects: Penal transportation,  Penal colonies,  Prisoners,  Biography,  History,  Prisoners, great britain,  Prisoners, biography,  Prisoners, australia,  Norfolk island,  Escapes,  Exiles,  Tasmania, history,  Transportation of convicts

People: James Porter

Places: Norfolk Island,  Australia,  Great Britain

Times: 19th century