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2. Flag of Blackbeard - Wikipedia

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   The purported flag of Blackbeard, consisting of a horned skeleton using a spear to pierce a bleeding heart, is typically attributed to the pirate Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard. However, contrary to popular belief , there is no accurate description of any specific flag used by Blackbeard during his piracy beyond using black flags or ...

3. 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 ...

4. List of pirates - Wikipedia

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   Cooke's flag was red-and-yellow striped and featured a hand holding a sword. John Cook: d. 1683 1680s England English buccaneer who led an expedition against the Spanish in the early 1680s. [citation needed] John Cornelius: 1687–? Ireland Irish pirate supposedly active in the Red Sea and off the west coast of Africa.

5. 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.

6. Blackbeard - Wikipedia

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   Teach was known to use black flags with death heads and "bloody flags" [45] which were meant to intimidate his enemies. [119] Nevertheless, the flag which is commonly attributed to Blackbeard (pictured), [ 45 ] depicting a horned skeleton spearing a heart, while toasting the devil, [ 119 ] was probably never actually used by him.

7. Thomas Cocklyn - Wikipedia

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   Cocklyn was among the hundreds of pirates who accepted a royal pardon when new Governor Woodes Rogers arrived in the Bahamas in 1718. [3] He soon returned to piracy: in early 1719 near Cape Verde aboard Rising Sun, a group of William Moody's sailors led by Cocklyn attempted a mutiny. Moody marooned Cocklyn and 25 others, denying them shares of ...