John Cook (pirate)

[3] Cooke then sailed with the crew of William Wright and Jan Willems (aka "Yankey"), serving as quartermaster until granted command of a ship they had taken.

[4] In 1682 Cook and a few men (including Edward Davis) joined the French captain Jean Tristan, whose boat he stole and sailed to the west coast of Santo Domingo.

[4] Leaving Virginia in 1683 with a crew of 70 (with Davis, Dampier, Wafer, and now Ambrose Cowley as well), Cook sailed to the Guinea coast off western Africa.

[3] With more than 70 men under his command he arranged a ruse, pretending to lead a wayward merchant vessel to capture a large Danish ship which he kept and renamed Batchelor's or Bachelor's Delight.

[4] Cook joined then with English buccaneer John Eaton in March, visiting the Galapagos Islands where Dampier made many observations of flora and fauna.