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The republic was dominated by two famous pirates who were bitter rivals – Benjamin Hornigold and Henry Jennings. Hornigold was mentor to pirates such as the famous Edward Teach, known as "Blackbeard", along with Sam Bellamy and Stede Bonnet. Jennings was mentor to Charles Vane, "Calico" Jack Rackham, Anne Bonny, and Mary Read.
The attempted establishment of a Republic of Pirates is a significant plot element in the Ubisoft video game Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. In the movie Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End the main characters gather at "Shipwreck Cove", a city built out of wrecked ships and constructed platforms. [3]
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Richards and the pirates spend their time drinking and carousing while a prisoner delivered their demands. [1] The town council agreed and sent the medicines to Teach, who looted the ships but released them and the prisoners. [2] Leaving Charles Town, Richards was berated by Teach for failing to burn a ship from Boston. [3]
The pirates ravaged European shipping and enslaved thousands of captives. The Pirate Republic of Salé , in 17th century Morocco, was a micronation with its own seaport argot known as "Franco", since like other pirate states, it from time to time made treaties with European governments, agreeing not to attack their fleets.
December, 27th- Henry Jennings and five vessels from the Bahamas (including Charles Vane's) attack Spanish salvage teams recovering the remains of the Spanish 1715 Treasure Fleet, [1] plundering 350,000 pieces of eight.
William Moody [a] (died 1719, last name occasionally Moudy) was a London-born [2] pirate active in the Caribbean and off the coast of Africa.He is best known for his association with Olivier Levasseur and Thomas Cocklyn, crewmembers who succeeded him as captains in their own right.
June 20 - Murat Reis the Younger executes the Sack of Baltimore where he captured 108 English planters and local Irish people.Almost all the villagers were put in irons and taken to a life of slavery in North Africa.