'famous pirates' yielded 29 matches.
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- Blackbeard Walk the deck you scurvy livered runt! Althought quite romanticized, there is just something about pirates in general. We like to see them as something akin to Johnny Depp in "Pirates of the Carribbean," when in fact, they led a highly...
- Pirates Arrrrreeeee Ye a Pirate Lover? Well, welcome aboard! This lens is dedicated to helping you discover the true pirate within you. Maybe, you've always loved pirates. Maybe, you're fascination has been awakened due to Disney's Pi...
- Pirates Avast! These swashbuckling legends of old continue to command a romantic image of adventure, rebellion and lost treasure. From Peter Pan and Captain Hook to Blackbeard and Captain Jack Sparrow, the difference between myth and legend becom...
- Calico Jack the Pirate John Rackham sailed under Pirate Captain Charles Vane until he and the crew mutinied and took charge of the pirate ship The Treasure. Calico Jack then went on to a short but very successful career as a pirate Captain i...
- 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.
- 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.
- 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...
- Talk like a Pirate Day Liven your corporate board meeting! Delight your women's group! Celebrate International Talk Like a Pirate Day every September 19th by talking like a pirate. Use the handy English/Pirate translator here and soon you'll be fulll of &...
- Anne Bonny Anne Bonny started her life as a pirate with John Beckman aboard the Revenge.
- 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.
- Real Pirates of the Caribbean Long before the ride at Disneyland or the movie staring Jonny Depp, real pirates roamed the waters pillaging and plundering and striking fear in the hearts of seafarers around the world.
- Pirate Day in Spanish? (not yet LOL) One of the things that Rick, aka Mr. Bullet, would like our town to adopt is a Pirate Day or Pirate Week (more fun) down at our municipal marina. Hey, we already have water and ships down there, so we just need to find us a Pirate or two! Ok, so they...
- Christopher Moody Moody's flag with and hourglass with wings was rumored to mean that his victims time of living was flying away. This red flag boldly declared the pirates' intentions: that no life would be spared.
- Richard Worley Along with Pirate Emanuel Wynn they popularized the flying of the skull and cross bones flag.
- 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
- Roche Brasiliano One of the cruelest of all pirates he was known you roast victims alive over a fire.
- Henry Every One of the most famous of all English pirates. He severed in the Royal Navy before turning to plunder the seas.
- Thomas Tew Tew was a famous pirate bassed in Madagascar. He had such a reputation for kindness that ship seldom resisted him.
- Pirate Walter Kennedy Served with Bartholomew Roberts in the early 1700’s plundering the Spanish Maine.
- 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.
