Mary Read
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Mary Read, was an English pirate who served under John Rackham. She and Anne Bonny were among the few female pirates during the "Golden Age of Piracy".
1724 engraving of Read from A General History of the Pyrates
Mary Read's name, alongside Anne Bonny's, is in notably larger font than other pirates like Blackbeard or Charles Vane.
1724 woodcut of John Rackham from A General History of the Pyrates
1724 engraving of Bonny from A General History of the Pyrates
John Rackham
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John Rackham was an English pirate operating in the Bahamas and Jamaica during the early 18th century. Although only referred to as John Rackham in primary sources, he is best known today by the likel
Mary Read
…Mary Read (died April 1721), was an English pirate who served under John Rackham. She and Anne Bonny were among the few female pirates during the "Golden Age of Piracy". Much of Read's background is unknown. The first biography of…
Captain Jack Rackham, Taking the Spanish Prize, from the Pirates of the Spanish Main series (N19) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes MET DP835040
A 1720 proclamation from Woodes Rogers naming John Rackham and his crew as pirates