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James Plantain (or Plaintain) (16??-17??) was a pirate and leader in Madagascar, 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.[citation needed]
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- 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 0-7534-5786-5
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