- James Plaintain
James Plantain (or Plaintain) (16??-17??) was a
pirate and leader inMadagascar , and was called the 'King of Ranter Bay'. A former pirate who came to the harbor in 1715, he gained control of the island in 1725. He fled the island in 1728, in fear of a rebellion. He has the reputation of a cruel and corrupt ruler.Fact|date=February 2007Further reading
*Dunbar, George. "A History of India from the Earliest Times to the Present Day". I. Nicholson & Watson; limited, 1936.
*Gosse, Philip. "The History of Piracy", Tudor Publishing Company, 1934.
*Rediker, Marcus Buford. "Villains of All Nations: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age". London: Verso, 2004. ISBN 1-84467-008-2
*Steele, Philip. "The World of Pirates". Kingfisher Publications, 2004. ISBN 0-7534-5786-5External links
* [http://www.thepiratesrealm.com/Madagascar.html Pirates in Madagascar, Madagascar pirates] at [http://www.thepiratesrealm.com The Pirate's Realm]
* [http://www.piratesinfo.com/mysql/phorum/read.php?7,57240,page=2 Pirates! Fact & Legend - Message Board: Scholarly Discussion (Pirate Nationalities)] , discussion on Plaintain and other pirates of Madagascar
* [http://www.hostkingdom.net/soafrica.html#Antongil Regnal Chronologies: Antongil Bay (Ranter Bay) and St. Mary's Island (Île St. Marie)]
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