1. Famous Pirates
Part II

2. Bartholomew Roberts 1682-1722 Born in Wales Very capable navigator
Sailing under capitan Howell Davis
Disrupts the West African slave trade
Walter Kennedy’s mutiny
Articles/pirate code
Dies in battle
Combines several quintessential characteristics
The reluctant pirate
The pirate favored by fortune
The pirate who chooses the occupation because it’s better than his previous conditions

3. Edward “Ned” Low 1690-1724 Born in poverty Known for his cruelty
Was once married, and became sentimental
when drunk
Attacked ships of all nations, indiscriminately
Common tactic: false flag
His exploits: one of the reasons for the
Intensified hunting and hanging of pirates
He did follow a code of conduct, his articles surprisingly fair, although emphasizing punishment
Not much is known about his death
Engraving by J. Nicholls, fragment

4. Anne Bonny 1702-1782 (?) Illegitimate daughter of a lawyer
Father changed occupations in the New
World, accumulated fortune, but disowned her
when she married a sailor
Temperamental
Mistress of Jack Rackham (“Calico Jack”) and
childbirth
Meeting Mary Read
Trial and postponement
No record of execution or release
Two versions of illustrations for A General History of Pyrates

5. Mary Read d. 1721 Illegitimate child
Disguised as a boy from an early age
Life in the military
Marriage to a Flemish soldienr
Rejoined the Dutch army for a short while
Forced into piracy; pardon; privateering; mutiny
Aboard Calico Jack’s ship
Trial, postponement, and death

6. William Kidd 1645-1701 Born in Scotland Privateer accused of piracy
Sensational trial; questioning before the
English Parliament
Comparatively speaking, not especially
spectacular career as a privateer/pirate
One of the first victims of an overzealous
enacting of law
Origins of the buried treasure trope
 portrait by Sir James Thornhill

7. François L'Olonnais 1635-1688 Born Jean-David Nau
The pirate name is essentially “the
Frenchman from Sables-d’Olonne”
Indentured servant
Buccaneer
Sacks of Maracaibo and Gibraltar : “Bane of
the Spanish”
Known for his extreme cruelty
His death matches in gore many of his deeds
Illustration to Esquemeling’s The History of the Bucaneers of America.

8. Jean LaFitte 1776-1823 Late-era pirate, during a time when all
colonial powers enforced strict rules against
piracy
Smuggler
Involved in the defense of New Orleans,
helping Gen. Andrew Jackson in 1815
Spying for the Spanish during the Mexican
War of Independence
Pirate colony on Galveston Island
Speculation about his death
Anon. portrait, XIX century, inverted fragment