Anne Bonny
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Anne Bonny was a pirate who served under John Rackham. Amongst the few recorded female pirates in the Golden Age of Piracy, she has become one of the most recognized pirates of the era, as well as the
1724 engraving of Bonny from A General History of the Pyrates.
Front cover of A General History of the Pyrates. Starting in the second edition, Anne Bonny's name, alongside Mary Read's, were put in notably larger font than other pirates like Blackbeard or Charles Vane.
1724 woodcut of Rackham from A General History of the Pyrates.
1724 engraving of Mary Read from A General History of the Pyrates
Golden Age of Piracy
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The Golden Age of Piracy was the period between the 1650s and the 1730s, when maritime piracy was a significant factor in the histories of the North Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
Anne Bonny
…Anne Bonny (likely died December 1733) was a pirate who served under John Rackham. Amongst the few recorded female pirates in the Golden Age of Piracy, she has become one of the most recognized pirates of the era, as well as the history of piracy in general. Much of Bonny's background is unknown. The…
1920 painting of Blackbeard's final battle against Robert Maynard in 1718
Amaro Pargo, a Spaniard who was one of the most famous corsairs of the Golden Age of Piracy
Henry Every is shown selling his loot in this engraving by Howard Pyle. Every's capture of the Grand Mughal ship Ganj-i-Sawai in 1695 stands as one of the most profitable pirate raids ever perpetrated.