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First serving in the service of the , when he employed a shipwrecked Dutch boat-builder. He would also be the first to introduce the Potato to North America when, in 1621, he had a cargo of potatoes shipped to Governor Francis Wyatt of Jamestown {Link without Title} . After a brief stay in Jamestown the following year, during which he published a report entitled ''"Unmasked Face of Our Colony in Virginia as it was in the winter of the Year 1622"'' later presented to the , at the age of 61. He later found employ with the Providence Island Company during 1639 and 1640. While on a privateering expedition in mid-1639 along the Spanish Main , he successfully captured a Spanish frigate at the harbor of Trujillo , and was later paid 16,000 pesos in ransom. However, the frigate alone was considered a poor prize by the standards of the time and, suffering from inexperienced officers unfamiliar with the region (including future privateer James Riskinner ), the expedition followed a very erratic course throughout the Caribbean and failed to capture anything else of value by the time of their return to Providence in September 1639. FURTHER READING
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