Stede Bonnet
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Stede Bonnet, known as the Gentleman Pirate, was an English pirate and landowner. Bonnet was born into a wealthy English family on the island of Barbados, and inherited the family estate after his fat
Stede Bonnet, Surrender of Bonnet, from the Pirates of the Spanish Main series (N19) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes MET DP835004
Plaque to Stede Bonnet and his crew in Charleston, South Carolina
The hanging of Stede Bonnet in Charleston, 10 December 1718
Bonnet and his fictional daughter, Kate (by Arthur Ignatius Keller, 1902)
Blackbeard
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Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard, was an English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of Britain's North American colonies. He remains one of history's most well-kn
Stede Bonnet
…Pirates", but he was seriously wounded en route during an encounter with a Spanish warship. After arriving in Nassau, Bonnet met the infamous pirate Blackbeard, with whom he developed a close union despite initially being enemies. Incapable of leading his crew, Bonnet temporarily ceded his ship's command to…
c. 1736 portrait
Edward Teach (Black Beard), Walking the plank, from the "Pirates of the Spanish" series (N19), cigarette card by Allen & Ginter
A contemporary model of Queen Anne's Revenge, displayed in the North Carolina Museum of History.
Capture of the Pirate, Blackbeard, 1718 (Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, 1920)