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2. Jolly Roger - Wikipedia

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   Painting showing a French First Republic privateer flying a black Jolly Roger, signed and dated “Nicolas Cammillieri pinxit 1811”, with the inscription: “On the 14 Germinal year 7 of the French Republic (3 April 1796), in the Bay of Colonia on the coast of Spain, 4-hour long fight of the privateer Mouche, armed with an 8-pounder swivel gun, under Captain Jean Adrian, against a 16-nine ...

3. Skull and crossbones (military) - Wikipedia

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   The Jolly Roger is the name given to any of various flags flown to identify a ship's crew as pirates. Since the decline of piracy, various military units have used the Jolly Roger, usually in skull-and-crossbones design, as a unit identification insignia or a victory flag to ascribe to themselves the proverbial ferocity and toughness of pirates.

4. Flag of Blackbeard - Wikipedia

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   During the Golden Age of Piracy, Blackbeard (c. 1680 – 1718) was one of the most infamous pirates on the seas.The only record there is of what flag he flew was in 1718 in a newspaper report which stated that Blackbeard's fleet, including his flagship Queen Anne's Revenge, during an attack on the Protestant Caesar flew black flags with death heads and "bloody flags".

5. Emanuel Wynn - Wikipedia

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   Emanuel Wynn's flag. Most historians agree that Cranby's journal is the first witness account of a black Jolly Roger used aboard ship, [3] which Cranby described as "a sable ensign with cross bones, a death's head, and an hour glass" (the quotation is from Earle, Pirate Wars, p. 154) or "A Sable Flag with a White Death's Head and Crossed Bones in the Fly."

6. 3 questions for 'Our Flag Means Death' creator David Jenkins ...

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   Rhys Darby and Taika Waititi are red-hot pirate lovers in Our Flag Means Death, the fan favorite Max series created by David Jenkins.(Photo Illustration: Yahoo News; Photo: HBO; David Jenkins via ...

7. Jean Thomas Dulaien - Wikipedia

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   The original flag was preserved for some years, but possibly later destroyed on orders from King Louis XV. [5] Dulaien's flag is often confused with that of Walter Kennedy, which was described in similar terms. Because the original flag is missing and the extant drawings of it vary, its exact design is unknown. [3]