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Anne Bonny [a] (disappeared after 28 November 1720) [4] was a pirate who served under John "Calico Jack" Rackham. Amongst the few recorded female pirates in history, [ 5 ] she has become one of the most recognized pirates of the Golden Age of Piracy as well as in the history of piracy in general.
Jack Rackham and Anne Bonny are characters in a book series written by Alexander De Chastelaine. The Legend of Jack & Ann (2021) ISBN 979-8-8775-3895-5 and Jack & Ann - In the Service of His Majesty (2023) ISBN 979-8-8789-9073-8; Calico Jack and Anne Bonny are main characters in Saltblood (2024) by Francesca de Torres.
Like Anne Bonny, Mary Read was one of two famous female pirates dressed like a man aboard John Rackham’s ship. Read was an illegitimate child. She was born around 1690 in Plymouth, England, to a ...
Rackham commanded William, a small but fast twelve-ton sloop during the action. Her armament was light, consisting of at least four cannons, and at the time of battle carried a crew of fourteen including Rackham and the pirates Mary Read and Anne Bonny.
John "Calico Jack" Rackham, famous for his partnership with female pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read, was captured, then hanged and gibbeted outside Port Royal, Jamaica, in 1720. Bartholomew "Black Bart" Roberts, is considered by many to be the most successful Western pirate of all time with over 400 ship captures.
Anne Bonny is back. Not the pirate, but a tagged great white shark of the same name was swimming in the deep water off the New Jersey coast. Anne Bonny is back. Not the pirate, but a tagged great ...
Anne Bonny was a married woman who moved to Nassau sometime between 1714 and 1718, according to A General History of the Pyrates, a book published in 1724 by Captain Charles Johnson, a pen name for an author who remains unknown. According to this account, Bonny met Calico Jack Rackham and fell in love with him.
Anne Bonny’s Bar & Grill opened in 2017 and is located at 101 S. Water St. in downtown Wilmington. In today’s dining feature, reporter Allison Ballard takes a look at Anne Bonny’s Bar & Grill.