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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".
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English: Jolly Roger pirate flag comprised of a black skull ("Death's Head") on a white flag, without cross-bones, an alternate flag used by French pirate Olivier "La Buse" Levasseur. Date 14 April 2020
English: A pirate flag described by William Falconer as, "[t]he colours usually displayed by pirates are laid to be a black field, with a death's head, a battle-axe and hour-glass." Date 10 April 2020
While Spriggs and Roberts used the same name for their flags, their flag designs were very different, suggesting that already "Jolly Roger" was a generic term for black pirate flags rather than a name for any single specific design. Neither Spriggs' nor Roberts' Jolly Roger consisted of a skull and crossbones. [6]
Earlier today, Ubisoft released a brand new pirate gameplay trailer for their upcoming Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag video game. In the video above, Edward Kenway is shown looting the corpses of ...
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