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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. [2] During his piratical career, he took over 400 prize ships , although most were mere fishing boats.
English: Bartholomew Roberts' final pirate flag, described as "a black flag, having a white skeleton in it". Date: 28 November 2024: ... Bartholomew Roberts; Metadata.
An illustration of Welsh pirate Bartholomew Roberts in the 1724 edition. A General History introduced many features which later became common in pirate literature, such as pirates with missing legs or eyes, the notion of pirates burying treasure, and the name of the pirate flag the Jolly Roger.
In 1720, Roberts joined the crew of a ship and became the pirate captain mere weeks later. Over the next two years, Bart put his stamp on the buccaneer world. He was known for his menacing flags ...
English: An early rendition of Bartholomew Roberts' second pirate flag, depicting himself holding a flaming sword and standing on top a Barbadian's head and a Martiniquian's head as seen in the first edition of A General History of the Pyrates.
English: Jolly Roger pirate flag of Bartholomew Roberts, as described in the Boston Gazette, 22nd August 1720 as "a Black Flag with Death's head and a cutlass in it". One of several flags Roberts flew.
Flag Day isn't a federal holiday, but it has been celebrated for over a century. President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed June 14 as a day of national observance in 1916, according to the U.S. General ...
Roberts, V'leOnica, The True & Complete Memoirs of Pirate Captain Bartholomew Roberts aka Black Bart (2004) ISBN 1-59971-939-8; Cordingly, David, Under the Black Flag: The Romance and Reality of Life Among the Pirates Harcourt Brace: New York (1995) Rich, Jeremy, A Workman Is Worthy of His Meat: Food and Colonialism in the Gabon Estuary.