Bartholomew Roberts
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Bartholomew Roberts was a Welsh pirate who was, measured by vessels captured, the most successful pirate of the Golden Age of Piracy. During his piratical career, he took over 400 prize ships, althoug
Bartholomew Roberts
Bart Roberts' memorial stone in Casnewydd Bach
The death of Captain Howell Davis in an ambush on Príncipe
Roberts at Ouidah, now in Benin, West Africa, with his ship and captured merchantmen in the background.
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.
Bartholomew Roberts
…Roberts (born John Roberts; 17 May 1682 – 10 February 1722) was a Welsh pirate who was, measured by vessels captured, the most successful pirate of the Golden Age of Piracy. During his piratical career, he took over 400 prize ships, although most were mere fishing boats. Roberts raided ships off the Americas and the West…
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.