William Burke aided which Scottish sailor who was tried and executed for piracy after returning from a voyage to the Indian Ocean?
William Burke (pirate) William Burke (d. 1699, first name occasionally Thomas, last name occasionally Burk, Burt, Bourck, Burch, or Burcke) was an Irish pirate and trader active in the Caribbean and near Newfoundland, best known for aiding William Kidd.
Owen Coffin Owen Coffin (August 24, 1802 – February 2, 1821) was a teenaged sailor aboard the Nantucket whaler "Essex" when it set sail for the Pacific Ocean on a sperm whale-hunting expedition in August 1819, under the command of his cousin, George Pollard, Jr. In November the next year, a whale rammed and breached the hull of "Essex" in mid-Pacific, causing "Essex" to sink.