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An English mayor, privateer and alleged pirate. Raided in the English Channel. William Aleyn: fl. 1448: 1432–1448 England: English pirate active in the Thames and English Channel. Associate of William Kyd. Jean Ango: 1480–1551 France: A French ship-owner who provided ships to Francis I for exploration of the globe. Aruj: 1474–1518 1503 ...
An English pirate, Black Sam Bellamy, was born in Devon, England, around 1689-1690. He sailed to America, seeking fame and fortune as a teenager. He turned to piracy in 1715, during his mid-20s ...
Jolly Roger is the traditional English name for the ensign flown to identify a pirate ship preceding or during an attack, during the early 18th century (the latter part of the Golden Age of Piracy). The vast majority of such flags flew the motif of a human skull, or “Death's Head”, often accompanied by other elements, on a black field ...
English settlers occupying Jamaica began to spread the name buccaneers with the meaning of pirates. The name became universally adopted later in 1684 when the first English translation of Alexandre Exquemelin's book The Buccaneers of America was published. Viewed from London, buccaneering was a budget way to wage war on England's rival, Spain.
England then captured a small English ship near Cochin, the drunk captain reporting a false rumour that Macrae was preparing a fleet to chase the pirates. This enraged the pirates, particularly Taylor, who had wanted to kill Macrae. Around this time, Taylor organised a vote to remove England from command. [9]
Related changes; Upload file; Special pages; Permanent link; ... Pages in category "English pirates" The following 135 pages are in this category, out of 135 total.
Henry Every, also known as Henry Avery (20 August 1659 – Disappeared: June 1696), sometimes erroneously given as Jack Avery or John Avery, [a] was an English pirate who operated in the Atlantic and Indian oceans in the mid-1690s.
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