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  2. Cutlass - Wikipedia

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    The cutlass is a 17th-century descendant of the edged short sword, exemplified by the medieval falchion.. Woodsmen and soldiers in the 17th and 18th centuries used a similar short and broad backsword called a hanger, or in German a messer, meaning "knife".

  3. Zheng Yi Sao - Wikipedia

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    Zheng Yi was a pirate who fought as a privateer for the Vietnamese Tây Sơn dynasty in the Tây Sơn wars and later Nguyễn Ánh (Gia Long), first emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty. [12] Under Tây Sơn patronage, he fought in his cousin Zheng Qi's fleet. [12] Zheng Yi hailed from a family of pirates whose roots traced back to the Ming dynasty ...

  4. Dragut - Wikipedia

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    Recognized for his military genius, [1] and as being among "the most dangerous" [2] of corsairs, Dragut has been referred to as "the greatest pirate warrior of all time", [1] "undoubtedly the most able of all the Turkish leaders", and "the uncrowned king of the Mediterranean". He was nicknamed "the Drawn Sword of Islam".

  5. Bartholomew Roberts - Wikipedia

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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.

  6. Wodao - Wikipedia

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    'Japanese (wo people) sword') is a Chinese sword from the Ming dynasty and Qing dynasty. It is typically long and slender, but heavy, with a curved back and sharp blade. [1] It bears a strong resemblance to the Tang sword, zhanmadao, tachi or ōdachi in form. Extant examples show a handle approximately 25.5 cm (10.0 in) long, with a gently ...

  7. Pirates in the arts and popular culture - Wikipedia

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    Engraving of the English pirate Blackbeard from the 1724 book A General History of the Pyrates Pirates fight over treasure in a 1911 Howard Pyle illustration.. In English-speaking popular culture, the modern pirate stereotype owes its attributes mostly to the imagined tradition of the 18th-century Caribbean pirate sailing off the Spanish Main and to such celebrated 20th-century depictions as ...

  8. Olivier Levasseur - Wikipedia

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    Gravestone traditionally attributed to La Buse (Olivier Levasseur) in Saint-Paul, Réunion. Olivier Levasseur (1688, 1689, or 1690 – 7 July 1730), was a French pirate, nicknamed La Buse ("The Buzzard") or La Bouche ("The Mouth") in his early days for the speed and ruthlessness with which he always attacked his enemies as well as his ability to verbally attack his opponents.

  9. Wokou - Wikipedia

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    14th and 16th-century wokou pirate raids One of the gates of the Chongwu Fortress on the Fujian coast (originally built c. 1384). The origin of the term wokou dates back to the 4th century, but among wokou's activities, which are divided into two academic periods, the pirates called "early wokou" were borne from the Mongol invasions of Japan.

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