Family William Kidd Captain William Kidd was a Scottish sea captain who was commissioned as a privateer and had experience as a pirate. Legend has it that he was tried…
Family Thomas Tew Tew, also known as the Rhode Island Pirate, was a 17th-century English privateer-turned-pirate. He embarked on two major pirate voyages and met a bloody death on the…
Family Stede Bonnet A Barbadian pirate, also known as the Gentleman Pirate, born into a moderately wealthy land-owner family before turning to a life on the high seas. Once Bonnet…
Family Mary Read Mary Read was an English pirate. Read and Anne Bonny would become known as the two most infamous female pirates from the 18th century, and among the…
Family John Rakham John Rackham, commonly known as Calico Jack, was an English pirate captain operating in the Bahamas and in Cuba during the early 18th century. His nickname was…
Family Emanuel Wynn Wynn was a French pirate and began his career raiding English merchantmen off the coast of the Province of Carolina near the end of the 17th century.…
Family Edward Teach 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. Teach is…
Family Edward Low Edward “Ned” Low was a notorious pirate of English origin, in the early 18th century. Low captained a number of ships, usually maintaining a small fleet of…
Family Ching Shih A notorious pirate who operated in the South China Sea during the early 19th century. She is known for commanding one of the largest pirate fleets in…
Family Charles Vane Vane was an English pirate who operated in the Bahamas during the end of the Golden Age of Piracy and infamously Vane commanded a number of ships…
Family Benjamin Hornigold Benjamin Hornigold was an English pirate who operated during the tail end of the Golden Age of Piracy. Hornigold began his pirate career in 1713, attacking merchant…
Family Bartholomew Roberts Bartholomew Roberts, was a Welsh pirate and the most successful pirate of the Golden Age of Piracy taking over 400 prizes in his career. Roberts raided ships…