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For much of his very short but wildly successful campaign of piracy in 1716 and 1717, Bellamy used this islet, which was named Blanco Islet at the time, as his base of operations, while crew members used the protection of Trellis Bay to maintain their fleet of ships. Bellamy soon learned that from
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In the early 1950s the small island was acquired by Władysław (Wladek) Wagner, the "first Polish yachtsman", who left Poland in 1932 to sail around the world and who ended up eventually settling in Trellis Bay, Beef Island Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. Wagner built a boatyard and marine
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badly damaged much of the buildings and other developments on Bellamy Cay, making it unusable at this time. The whole island is effectively a site of ruins now, complete with a washed up fishing vessel on its shores.
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railway in addition to most of the buildings now standing on Bellamy Cay, where he ran a small restaurant and hotel. Wagner´s voyage is described in the book
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Since the 1970s, the cay has been the home of the restaurant and bar called "The Last Resort", which for many years was owned and operated by
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Greenland, The East Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. Except the East Coast of Florida) and the West Indies
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Blanco, as well as from nearby Sprat Point, ships could be seen sailing through the
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The location of Bellamy Cay within the British Virgin Islands
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Bellamy Cay is located in British Virgin Islands
Bellamy Cay is located in Caribbean
Caribbean Sea
18°26′54″N 64°31′58″W / 18.44833°N 64.53278°W / 18.44833; -64.53278
Virgin Islands
United Kingdom
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British Overseas Territory
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island
British Virgin Islands
Beef Island
"Black Sam" Bellamy
Sir Francis Drake Channel
By the Sun and Stars
Tony Snell
war hero
Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport
Hurricane Irma
Samuel Bellamy
Whydah Gally
Piracy in the British Virgin Islands

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