Pirates Codexery

A source-cited reference to pirates

Pirates (20)

• Blackbeard — English pirate who terrorized the West Indies and American colonies.
• Anne Bonny — The notorious female pirate who sailed with John Rackham and Mary Read.
• Mary Read — English pirate who served under John Rackham, known for being one of the few female pirates of the Golden Age.
• Calico Jack — English pirate known for female crew members Anne Bonny and Mary Read, and a fictional flag.
• Bartholomew Roberts — Welsh pirate who captured over 400 prize ships during the Golden Age of Piracy.
• Henry Morgan — Welsh privateer and lieutenant governor of Jamaica
• William Kidd — Scottish privateer turned legendary pirate
• Charles Vane — English pirate of the Golden Age, known for cruelty and a brief acceptance of the King's Pardon.
• Stede Bonnet — English landowner turned pirate, known as the Gentleman Pirate.
• Henry Every — The King of Pirates who vanished with his treasure.
• Samuel Bellamy — English pirate who captured at least 53 ships in a career lasting little more than a year.
• Zheng Yi Sao — History's most successful female pirate.
• Jean Lafitte — French pirate, privateer, and slave trader of the Gulf of Mexico
• The Golden Age of Piracy — Era of maritime piracy from the 1650s to the 1730s.
• Tortuga — 17th-century Caribbean pirate haven off the coast of Haiti.
• Port Royal — Once the wickedest city on Earth, now a quiet fishing village with a pirate past.
• The Jolly Roger — Pirate flag signaling identity and terms of surrender.
• Letters of marque — Government license authorizing privateers to attack enemy ships.
• Queen Anne's Revenge — The flagship of Blackbeard, Queen Anne's Revenge was a French-built slave ship captured by the pirate in 1717 and run…
• The Whydah Gally — The only fully authenticated Golden Age pirate shipwreck ever discovered.

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