Bartholomew Roberts with his ship and captured merchant ships in the background. A copper engraving from A History of the Pyrates by Captain Charles Johnson c. 1724. Bartholomew Roberts (17 May 1682 – 10 February 1722), born John Roberts, was a Welsh pirate who raided ships off the Americas and West Africa between 1719 and 1722

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Bartholomew Roberts with his ship and captured merchant ships in the background. A copper engraving from A History of the Pyrates by Captain Charles Johnson c. 1724. Bartholomew Roberts (17 May 1682 – 10 February 1722), born John Roberts, was a Welsh pirate who raided ships off the Americas and West Africa between 1719 and 1722

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