MORE FEARED PIRATES

SIR FRANCIS DRAKE

Originally a politician of the Elizabethan era in England,

Sir Francis Drake was the man behind the second circumnavigation

of the world and was notoriously known for his successful attacks

on San Juan, one of the largest ports of Puerto Rico.

CALICO JACK

Born John Rackham, Calico Jack  proved his ruthlessness and

ferociousness as a pirate when he captured the largest Spanish war ship

in the Caribbean, killing numerous sailors, and even stabbing many of

his closest compatriots in the back.

STEDE BONNET

Born in 1688 to a well-heeled family of landowners, Stede Bonnet,

then referred to as “The Gentleman Pirate,” first turned to a life of

piracy when he purchased a ten-gun sloop named Revenge. He had the

local authorities in England believe that he was a pirate hunter and

privateer, when all he did was attack, plunder and burn ships along the

Eastern coast and wage battles against Spanish sailors.

ADMIRAL SIR HENRY MORGAN

Sir Henry Morgan first built his reputation as a pirate when he plundered

Santiago De Cuba and Campeche, Mexico, shortly after sailing in the

buccaneer fleets employed by England to attack Spanish settlements in the

16th century. Later in his life as a pirate, he was commissioned by Jamaican

governor Modyford to wage a battle against Spanish sailors in the Caribbean,

where he ultimately emerged as the victor and solidified his

fearsome reputation.

HENRY AVERY

Henry Every, also Evory or Avery, sometimes erroneously given as

John Avery, was an English pirate who operated in the Atlantic and

Indian Oceans in the mid-1690s. He likely used several aliases throughout

his career, including Henry Bridgeman, and was known as Long Ben to his

crewmen and associates. Dubbed “The Arch Pirate” and “The King of Pirates”

by contemporaries, Every was the most notorious pirate of his time;

he earned his infamy by becoming one of the few major pirate captains

to retire with his loot without being arrested or killed in battle.

CHARLES VANE

Charles Vane was an English pirate who first arrived in Port Royal during

the War of Spanish Succession in the 17th century. Following the

rejection of the King to grant him and his fellow pirates an honourable

retirement from piracy, he took revenge by utilizing his small ships to

spread terror throughout North Carolina where he captured about twelve

ships and cruelly tormented sailors who failed to help him locate the

treasures on board.

BLACK CAESAR

Born a slave, for nearly a decade, he raided shipping from the

Florida Keys and later served as one of Captain Blackbeard’s chief

lieutenants aboard the Queen Anne’s Revenge. He was one of the

surviving members of Blackbeard’s crew following his death at the hands

of Lieutenant Robert Maynard in 1718. Caesar’s Rock, one of three islands

located north of Key Largo, is the present-day site of his original

headquarters and named in his honour.

THE BARBOSSA BROTHERS

Aruj and Hizir, jointly known as the Barbossa Brothers of Greece,

began their career as pirates attacking Aegean ships from the island of

Lesbos. In 1505, they raided the base of Djerba and ransacked merchant

and war ships in the Mediterranean Sea. Aruj killed the Algerian Sultan,

took the reins and controlled a big portion of the North African Sea where

they built several fortresses to defend their territories and attack the

European powers.