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This pirate proclaimed himself prince. He began his pirate career by setting off in search of a lost treasure along the coast of Florida. The wrecks of his ship Whydah were the first ones of a pirate ship to be found in sea, in 1984.
A. Samuel Bellamy
B. Henry Morgan
C. Edward England
D. Charles Vane
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