Captain Bartho Roberts with two ships the Royal Fortune and the Ranger takes sail in Whydah Road Ouidah on the Coast of Guiney [Guinea] January 11th 1722 Bartholomew Roberts (17 May 1682 – 10 February 1722), born John Roberts, was a Welsh pirate who was, measured by vessels captured, the most successful pirate of the Golden Age of Piracy. During his piratical career, he took over 470 prize ships. Roberts raided ships off the Americas and the West African coast between 1719 and 1722; he is also noted for creating his own Pirate Code, and adopting an early variant of the Skull and Crossbones fla
Captain Bartho Roberts with two ships the Royal Fortune and the Ranger takes sail in Whydah Road Ouidah on the Coast of Guiney [Guinea] January 11th 1722 Bartholomew Roberts (17 May 1682 – 10 February 1722), born John Roberts, was a Welsh pirate who was, measured by vessels captured, the most successful pirate of the Golden Age of Piracy. During his piratical career, he took over 470 prize ships. Roberts raided ships off the Americas and the West African coast between 1719 and 1722; he is also noted for creating his own Pirate Code, and adopting an early variant of the Skull and Crossbones flag. from the book A general history of the pyrates, from their first rise and settlement in the Island of Providence, to the present time. With the remarkable actions and adventures of the two female pyrates Mary Read and Anne Bonny by Captain Charles Johnson and Daniel Defoe, Publication Date 1724 Publisher London : Printed for, and sold by T. Warner, at the Black-boy in Pater-Noster-Row
Size: 2278px × 1922px
Location: West Indies
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License: Royalty Free
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