Pirates & Privateers, Scummers of the Seven Seas

The Duel between Blackbeard the pirate and lieutenant Maynard in Ocracoke Bay - painting by Jean Leon Gérome FERRIS (August 8, 1863 to March 18, 1930)

In the morning of November 22, 1718 the boarding is launched, a wild fight follows. The frightening pirate Blackbeard and lieutenant Maynard of the Royal Navy meet.
They engage in a duel with the pistol. Blackbeard is hit. Then they are confronted in sabre. The Lieutenant breaks under the attacks of his terrible opponent.
Blackbeard hurls on him to deliver the fatal blow when a sailor stabs him the neck.
Suffering the pain, blood flowing everywhere, Blackbeard keeps on fighting courageously in spite of his multiple wounds... read more about the fight

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5 questions/answers randomly on piracy

When did piracy start and when did it end?

What techniques did pirates and privateers use to tattoo themselves? Were there colored pigments for tattooing or were they all tattooed with black ink? Also: were there people whose roles were attached. Thank you for your striking work!

Were there ships carrying 100 guns? Are there any bigger ships as frigates?

I wonder if Gold Roger in the comics series "One Piece" is a completely imagined pirate or copied to a real pirate (compared to the way he smiled before being executed, his joy at being a pirate, compared to his character).

Who was the cruelest pirate? And who was the fairest?

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85 BIOGRAPHIES OF PIRATES & PRIVATEERS !
in construction...

REAL Pirates & Privateers

· ALBARADE (d') Jean
· Alexandre dit Bras-de-fer
· ALVIDA (La Terrible)
· ANGENAUD Guillaume-Marie
· ANSTIS
· AVERY John (Long Ben)
· AVERY Henry
· BARBEROUSSE
· BART Jean
· BARTHOLOMEU
· BASQUE (le) Michel
· BELLAMY Samuel (Black Sam)
· BERRY (De) Charlotte
· BONNET Steede
· BONNY Ann
· BRESILIEN (Le) Roc (Rock Braziliano)
· CHING (Mme)
· CLISSON Dane
· COLE John
· DAMPIN William

· DANIEL
· DAVID Jan
· DAVIS Howel
· DRAKE (Sir) Francis
· DUGUAY-TROUIN René
· ENGLAND Edward
· ESNAMBUC (d') Belain
· EVANS John
· FLEURY
· FLY
· FRANC Pierre
· GLAODY Harry
· GRAAF (De) Laurent
· GRAMMONT (De) Le Chevalier
· HAWKINS John
· HORN Van (ou DOORN Van)
· HOWARD Thomas
· JENNINGS Henry
· KENNEDY
· KIDD William

· KODJA Ali
· LAFFITE Jean
· LAI CHOI SAN (Mme)
· LEGRAND Pierre
· LEVASSEUR Olivier (la Buse / le Buzzard / la Bouche)
· LOW Edward
· LOWTHER George
· LUSSAN (De) Raveneau
· MAINWARING Henry
· MARTEL
· MONTAUBAN
· MONBARS le Destructeur
· MORGAN Henry
· NAU Jean David (L'Olonnais)
· NORTH Nathaniel
· OEXMELIN Olivier Alexandre
· OREGON Bertrand
· PALO (De) Pie
· PAUL JONES John
· PAY Harry

· PELLOT Etienne (Le Renard Basque)
· PHILLIPS John
· PICARD (Le) Pierre
· PLESSIS Philippe
· PLUCKET Pierre-Edouard
· POINTIS (De) Le Baron
· RACKAM John (Calico Jack / Rackam-le-Rouge)
· READ Mary
· ROBERTS Bartholomew
· ROBERTS Welshman (Black Bart)
· SMITH John (Gow)
· SOUVILLE Antoine-Thomas
· SPRIGGS
· SURCOUF Robert
· SURCOUF Nicolas
· TEACH Edward (BLACKBEARD)
· TEW Tom
· VANE Charles

Pirates & Privateers of FICTION

· BARBE-ROUGE
· Jack SPARROW

· BOUFFE-DOUBLON
· Captaine CROCHET (HOOK)

· KERNOK le pirate
· Long John SILVER

Pirates & Privateers of FICTION or REALITY?
no solid proof of real existance

· MISSON

· Louis-Adhémar-Timothée Le Golif (BORGNEFESSE)

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