Tew then ignored his commission to attack the French and sailed instead for Madagascar, pioneering the Pirate Round route. Dew’s Amy lost its mast and struggled to reach Saldanha Bay in southern Africa. There he was arrested by the Dutch and accused of piracy and his ship was impounded. Sent to Holland for trial, he was released for lack of evidence and filed suit against the Dutch in turn. By 1695 he was back in the Caribbean aboard the brigantine Marigold attempting to sail from Barbados to Africa. With his ship again damaged by a storm, the crew refused Dew’s request to sail on to Africa and he was forced to return to Barbados empty handed. He returned to his family in Bermuda and in 1699 built a home now known as the Old Rectory, which still stands. Unknown to Dew, the Dutch in Saldanha Bay still had his old ship Amy: it was stripped for parts by pirates that same year. Dew began a law practice on Bermuda and was elected to a seat in the General Assembly before his death in 1703. Local legend holds that the Old Rectory is haunted by Dew’s ghost, who can occasionally be heard playing a harpsichord.
Tew then ignored her commission to attack the French and sailed instead for Madagascar, pioneering the Pirate Round route. Dew’s Amy lost its mast and struggled to reach Saldanha Bay in southern Africa. There she was arrested by the Dutch and accused of piracy and her ship was impounded. Sent to Holland for trial, she was released for lack of evidence and filed suit against the Dutch in turn. By 1695 she was back in the Caribbean aboard the brigantine Marigold attempting to sail from Barbados to Africa. With her ship again damaged by a storm, the crew refused Dew’s request to sail on to Africa and she was forced to return to Barbados empty handed. She returned to her family in Bermuda and in 1699 built a home now known as the Old Rectory, which still stands. Unknown to Dew, the Dutch in Saldanha Bay still had her old ship Amy: it was stripped for parts by pirates that same year. Dew began a law practice on Bermuda and was elected to a seat in the General Assembly before her death in 1703. Local legend holds that the Old Rectory is haunted by Dew’s ghost, who can occasionally be heard playing a harpsichord.