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The Jolly Roger raised in an illustration for Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance "Paul Jones the Pirate", a British caricature of the late 18th century, is an early example of the Jolly Roger's skull-and-crossbones being transferred to a character's hat, in order to identify him as a pirate (typically a tricorne, or as in this ...
A 1936 Pac-Kups Jolly Roger Pirate card featuring an artist's impression of Edward Low Low has featured on stamps and commemorative currency around the Caribbean. A postage stamp featuring Low was commissioned by the Cayman Islands in 1975, [ 31 ] and in 1994 the government of Antigua and Barbuda featured Low and his brigantine Rebecca on a ...
The Jolly Roger Crew are a group of pirates, several aged, whose home address is the Jolly Roger: includes Eucrates Cookson (voiced by Jack Angel), Alf Mason (voiced by Tony Jay), Billy Jukes (voiced by Eugene Williams), Robert Mullins (voiced by Jack Angel), and "Gentleman" Ignatious P. Starkey (voiced by David Shaughnessy).
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.
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."
The Jolly Roger pirate flag erroneously associated with Rackham The "white pendant" flag used by Rackham [2] The flag commonly associated with Rackham depicts a white skull above crossed swords on a black background, and Rackham is sometimes credited with inventing or designing the Jolly Roger design. [ 3 ]
Taylor's Jolly Roger pirate flag, described as “Fought under the black flagg at ye main topmast head. with deaths head in it” [3]. Taylor began his piratical career in 1718 as a crewman aboard the trading sloop Buck when Howell Davis staged a mutiny, took over the ship, and convinced the crew to take up piracy. [4]
The reference ship for the animated RLS Legacy in the Disney film Treasure Planet [15] HMS Interceptor in the film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl [16] [17] As Queen Anne's Revenge in the miniseries Blackbeard [14] Captain Hook's ship Jolly Roger in Once Upon a Time [18] A recurring background piece in Revolution [19]