Real Pirates of the Caribbean

Some of the most famous pirates to ever sail the seas. 

Morgan The Pirate

Henry Morgan 1635-1688
Morgan was an admiral and general, country gentleman and planter, custos and judge of the court of Vice-Admiralty, governor and a knight.He was also the most ruthless and feared pirate of all time.

Charles Vane

Charles Vane terrorized the Caribbean in the early 1700's. But in 1720 that all came to an end when he lost his ship in a storm.

Christopher Condent

Flying the 3 skull and cross bone flag. He attacked merchant ships off Africa and Aruba.

Pirate Walter Kennedy

Served with Bartholomew Roberts in the early 1700's plundering the Spanish Maine.

Henry Every

One of the most famous of all English pirates. He severed in the Royal Navy before turning to plunder the seas.

Captain Kidd

Kidd had to be once of the unluckiest pirates ever to become famous. The poor guy seemed plagued by one misfortune after and other. He was eventually caught, tried and hanged in 1701.

Edward Teach

Blackbeard is probably the most famous and well known of all pirates. He was certainly one of the most dreaded and feared pirates of all time.

Edward England

Born in Ireland . His real name was Edward Seegar. Edward England's career as a pirate began while he was working as first mate on a trip from Jamaica to Providence. The he was on was taken by a pirate Captain Winter. Soon after, he gained the pirate's confidence and became part of the crew.

Bartholomew Roberts

One of the most successful pirates of all time. Black Bart is said to have taken 470 ships during his reign of terror.

Edward Low

Edward 'Ned' Lowe (or Low, or Loe), often known as Ned Low was a notorious pirate during the Golden Age of Piracy. His pirate flag featured a black flag with a red skeleton. Lowe is also famous as one of the more brutal pirates, inflicting torture and cruel acts to his victims.

Stede Bonnet

One of histories strangest, and most unlikely pirates. Known as Major Stede Bonnet he was a wealthy sugar plantation owner. In early 1717 Bonnet shocked his friends and family when he suddenly decided to become a pirate.

Thomas Tew

Tew was a famous pirate bassed in Madagascar. He had such a reputation for kindness that ship seldom resisted him.

Richard Worley

Richard Worley (d. February 17, 1719) was an English pirate who was active in the Caribbean Sea and the east coast of the American colonies during the early 18th century. He is credited as one of the earliest pirates to fly the first version of the skull and crossbones pirate flag.

Roche Brasiliano

Roche Braziliano (sometimes spelled Rock, Roc, Roque, Brazilliano, or Brasiliano) (c. 1630 ? disappeared c. 1671), was a Dutch pirate born in Groningen. His pirate career lasted from 1654 until his disappearance in 1671. Though his real name has been lost to history, he is known as "Roche Braziliano", which in portuguese translates to "Rocha Brasileiro", which in English becomes "the rock of Brazil".

Howell Davis

Pirate Davis was a Welch pirate who preyed on ships off the coast of West Africa and in the Caribbean from 1718 until june of 1719

John Hawkins

John Hawkins was the older cousin of Sir Francis Drake. His streamlining of ships, making them lighter and faster, contributed to the defeat of the Spanish Armada.

John Quelch (pirate)

In July, 1703, Governor Joseph Dudley of Boston sent out Captain Daniel Plowman of the Charles with a privateering license to attack French and Spanish ships off the coast of Newfoundland and Arcadia. John Quelch was Plowman's lieutenant. Before leaving Marblehead, Massachusetts, the Charles's crew under Quartermaster Anthony Holding mutinied and locked the ailing Plowman in his cabin.[1] The crew elected Quelch the captain, who turned the Charles south. Plowman was thrown overboard, although it was never established whether he was dead or alive at that moment. The crew plundered nine Portuguese ships off the coast of Brazil and gained a large sum of money,[2] even though England and Portugal were at peace at the time.[3] The Charles contained large amounts of Brazilian sugar, hides, cloth, guns, gold dust and coins. The loot's total value is estimated at over ?10,000 sterling (some ?1 million in today's money).[4] Before their capture, legend says the crew buried some of the gold on Star Island off the coast of New Hampshire. In the 1800's some gold coins were found hidden in a stone wall there.

Calico Jack

Calico Jack had a short but very successful career as a pirate Captain in the West Indies and the Caribbean.

Christopher Moody

Moody's flag with and hourglass with wings was rumored to mean that his victims time of living was flying away.

George Lowther (pirate)

Not much is known about him until he became the 2nd Mate on the slave ship, Gambia Castle, he was under the command of Captain Charles Russell. Lowther had been more liked by the crew than Russell, who cared more about the shipment of slaves than the diseased crew. Russell distrusted Lowther and when he went to flog (beat) him many crew members took Lowther's side and defended him, this caused a split between the captain and the crew.

Jean Bart

Jean Bart (October 21, 1651 - April 27, 1702) - was a (Dutch born) French naval commander and privateer. His Flemish birth name was most probably Jan Baert.

Emanuel Wynn

Emanuel Wynn (or Emanuel Wynne) was a French pirate of the 1700s, and was the first pirate to fly the Jolly Roger. His design incorporated an hourglass beneath the bones.

Information on female pirates 

Ladies of pirate fame

Anne Bonny

Anne Bonny started her life as a pirate with John Beckman aboard the Revenge.

Mary Read

Mary was born and illegitimate girl, but when her older bother died, her mother dressed her up as a boy to pass her off as the deceased bother To collect and inheritance. The ruse worked and Read and her mother lived on the inheritancewell into her teenage years.She evetually married, but after her