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The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie: United States Mike Nawrocki: Animated comedy film 2009 12 Paces Without a Head: Germany Sven Taddicken: Ronald Zehrfeld, Matthias Schweighöfer: Film about Klaus Störtebeker (c. 1360 – 1401), set in the North Sea and Baltic Sea One Piece Film: Strong World: Japan Munehisa Sakai
A General History of the Pirates (1724) by Captain Charles Johnson is the source of many biographies of well-known pirates, providing an extensive account of the period. [36] Johnson gives an almost mythical status to the more colorful characters such as the notorious English pirates Blackbeard and Calico Jack .
Ogle then turned about, raised the White Ensign and engaged Captain Skyrme, who still did not realize the Swallow was a Royal Navy frigate. After a relatively short action, the sloop was captured, made a prize, and ten pirates were killed. Ogle then patiently sailed back to Cape Lopez where he arrived five days later on February 10, 1722.
Pirates (2005 film) Pirates Down the Street; Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge; The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! Pirates in Callao; The Pirates of Blood River; The Pirates of Penzance (film) The Pirates of Somalia (film) Pirates of the 20th Century; Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl; Pirates of the Coast; Pirates ...
Peter Gerhard, Pirates of New Spain, 1575–1742. Dover Books 2003. ISBN 978-0486426112; Peter Gerhard, Pirates of the Pacific, 1575–1742. University of Nebraska Press 1990 ISBN 978-0803270305; Captain Charles Johnson, A General History of the Pyrates. Kritzler, Edward, Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean. Anchor Books 2009. ISBN 978-0-7679-1952-4
He was one of the first pirates to be hunted down by Commodore David Porter and the Mosquito Fleet during the early 1820s. Charles Gibbs: 1798–1831 1816–1831 United States One of the last pirates active in the Caribbean, and one of the last people executed for piracy by the United States. [55] "Don" Pedro Gilbert: 1800–1834 1832–1834 ...
True Caribbean Pirates is a documentary that aired on the History Channel in 2006. The documentary tells about pirates of the Caribbean such as Blackbeard, Henry Morgan, Anne Bonny and Black Bart Roberts. Larger than life, more dangerous than legend - pirates and buccaneers set sail for plunder.
Engraving from Captain Charles Johnson's General History of the Pyrates (1st Dutch Edition, 1725) While piracy was predominantly a male occupation throughout history, a minority of pirates were female. [121] Pirates did not allow women onto their ships very often. Additionally, women were often regarded as bad luck among pirates.