Real Pirates - Facts about Real and Fictional Pirates. Bahamas / Pirates of the Caribbean / Blackbeard. Anne Bonny Some call her a feminist who chose piracy as way of rebelling against a male-dominated world; others portray her as a tomboy who never grew up. Whatever her motives, in deed and daring Anne Bonny, history's most infamous woman pirate, was a plunderer, cutthroat, sailor, ransomer, raider, and general menace to maritime commerce in the Caribbean. In short, most pirates probably would have considered her an asset to their trade. Anne Bonny was born in Kinsale, Ireland in the late 1690's. If Charleston had been a pirate's den, then New Providence was an outright capital of calamity. However incredible a woman's presence on board may have seemed to Rackham's crew, amazingly, Bonny was not the only female on board.
In 1720, Rackham's ship was captured by one of Bahamian Governor Woodes Rogers' pirate-hunters. McGill's Pirate WebQuest TeacherWeb. Rob Ossian's Pirate's Cove. Queen Anne's Revenge Project. Blackbeard the Pirate | NCpedia. By Robert E. Lee, 1986 (ca. 1680–22 Nov. 1718) Engraving of Blackbeard from: Johnson, Captain Charles. 1724. A general history of the pyrates. 2nd ed. Because pirates tended to adopt one or more fictitious surnames while engaging in piracy, there is no absolute certainty of Blackbeard's real surname.
Captain Charles Johnson (recently thought to be a pseudonym for Daniel Defoe), a recognized authority on the pirates of the era, states emphatically in A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pyrates, originally published in 1724, that Edward Teach sailed for some time out of Jamaica on the ships of privateers during Queen Anne's War and that "he had often distinguished himself for his uncommon boldness and personal courage. " Sometime in 1716, Teach transferred the base of his operations from Jamaica to New Providence in the Bahama Islands. North Carolina Highway Historical Marker for Edward Teach alias Blackbeard the Pirate. Educational Resources on Blackbeard | Queen Anne's Revenge Project. McGill's Pirate WebQuest TeacherWeb. Gentleman pirate | sir francis drake. Sir Francis Drake was born around 1540 as the son of a puritan farmer and preacher. He taught himself the art of sailing as the navigator of a small merchant sail vessel.
Later in the beginning of his career, he served as an officer aboard West African slave ships. Sailing from the Caribbean Sea to the Gulf of Mexico in 1567 Drake and his cousin John Hawkins were attacked and defeated by a Spanish Armada. They lost all of their vessels, and barely left with their lives. In 1572 Drake was equipped with 2 ships and 73 sailors by his cousin Hawkins, and his associates.
On December 13th 1577, Drake began his expedition. Sailing to Valparaiso, Drake encountered rain, and storms. On the 3rd of March 1579 with the first sign of the "Cacafuego" on the horizon, Drake commanded all sails to be prepared. Upon Drake’s return in 1580, Queen Elizabeth knighted him on the deck of the "Golden Hind", and made him the mayor of Plymouth. Bahamas / Pirates of the Caribbean / Blackbeard. Grace O'Malley - Notable Women Ancestors.
Contributed by Judy Staley Grace O'Malley (also called Granuaile) was a famous pirate, seafarer, trader and chieftain in Ireland in the 1500's. She was born in 1530 in County Mayo, Ireland and was the daughter of sea captain Owen O'Malley. As a young child, Grace always knew she wanted to be a sailor but as a female, she was discouraged repeatedly.
Extremely upset when her father refused to take her on a sailing trip, legend has it Grace cut off all her hair and dressed in boys clothes to prove to her parents that she could handle the trip and live a seafarer's life. Seeing this, her father and brother laughed aloud and nicknamed her "Grainne Mhaol" meaning "Bald Grace" (which is believed to have led to her nickname "Granuaile. ") Eventually, through her persistence, she was allowed to go to sea with her father and his fleet of ships. As a child, Grace often sailed with her father on trading missions overseas. Grace married two times in her life. Grace had a total of four children. The History of Maritime Piracy - Jean Laffite, Enigma and Legend. Jean Laffite first appeared in New Orleans in 1803, but where was he born? Marseilles, Bordeaux, St.
Domingue? No one knows, because he told different stories to different people. He was the son of aristocrats guillotined during the French Revolution. Pirates, Famous Pirates, Pirate History- The Pirate's Realm. Stede Bonnet. Pirates, Buccaneers, Privateers & Swashbucklers. ‘Captain Stede Bonnet’ Stede Bonnet was one of the strangest & most unlikely pirates. Originally a high ranking individual, known as Major Stede Bonnet. Bonnet came from an upright English family, possessing a liberal education & was known to be "A Man of Letters".
In his middle age he seemingly had everything needed in life as a successful planter with a comfortable life. His sugar plantation brought him reasonable wealth & was amoung the best society of Bridgetown on the island of Barbados. As a pirate, Bonnet was merely an amateur. For several days after its purchase the Revenge remained in the Bridgetown harbor which Bonnet explained as his intention of pursuing an inter-island trade.
After capturing prizes off the New England Coast & few in the northern waters, he returned to the south. To sail back to V’lé’s ‘Buccaneers, Privateers & Swashbucklers’ navigation page click on the ship. Treasure Island. Treasure Island.