John Scott (adventurer)

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Captain or Colonel John Scott (1634? - 1696) was an early settler on Long Island who lobbied to make Long Island the 14th English colony in North America, with himself as governor. He was often in financial and legal trouble through land speculation and other enterprises and has been called a swindler and scoundrel. He was the principal accuser in the plot leading to the imprisonment of Samuel Pepys in 1679.

He traveled extensively in the Caribbean, authoring a History and Description of the River of Amazones and playing a key role in determining the boundary between Venezuela and Guyana.

References

Abbott, Wilbur Cortez (1935). "Colonel John Scott of Long Island". Conflicts with Oblivion (2nd ed.). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. pp. 257–355.
Mowrer, Lilian T. (1960). The indomitable John Scott: Citizen of Long Island, 1632-1704. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy.
[[http://www.jameslongbooks.com|Long, James]]; Long, Ben (2007). The Plot Against Pepys. Faber and Faber. ISBN 978-0571227136.

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Name	Scott, John
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Short description	American adventurer
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Date of death	1696
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