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Anne Bonny [a] (disappeared after 28 November 1720) [4] was a pirate who served under John "Calico Jack" Rackham.Amongst the few recorded female pirates in history, [5] she has become one of the most recognized pirates of the Golden Age of Piracy as well as in the history of piracy in general.
Anne Bonny was a married woman who moved to Nassau sometime between 1714 and 1718, according to A General History of the Pyrates, a book published in 1724 by Captain Charles Johnson, a pen name for an author who remains unknown. According to this account, Bonny met Calico Jack Rackham and fell in love with him.
Calico settled in New Providence, where he met Anne Bonny, but when his money was gone he returned to his life of crime. [citation needed] On August 22, 1719, Rackham and 8 other men, stole and took to the seas aboard the sloop William, in Nassau harbor.
Anne Bonny is one of the most famous female pirates of all time. She was known for her masculine wardrobe and harsh attitude. ... In 1721, Vane was tried, convicted, and hanged for crimes of ...
Jack Rackham and Anne Bonny are characters in a book series written by Alexander De Chastelaine. The Legend of Jack & Ann (2021) ISBN 979-8-8775-3895-5 and Jack & Ann - In the Service of His Majesty (2023) ISBN 979-8-8789-9073-8; Calico Jack and Anne Bonny are main characters in Saltblood (2024) by Francesca de Torres.
Mary Read (died April 1721), was an English pirate.She and Anne Bonny were among the few female pirates during the "Golden Age of Piracy".. Read was likely born in England. General History says she began dressing as a boy at a young age, at first at her mother's urging in order to receive inheritance money and then as a teenager in order to join the British milit
August - Calico Jack Rackham steals John Ham's sloop William from the harbor of Nassau, Bahamas and leads a crew of pirates to sea, including Anne Bonny and Mary Read. September - Rackham and his pirates loot several fishing boats in the Bahamas. They then raid French Hispaniola for cattle and capture two sloops.
Anne Bonny: 1698–1782 to 1725 Ireland Despite never commanding a ship herself, Anne Bonny is remembered as one of few known female pirates. [25] [28] [31] George Booth: d. 1700 1696–1700 England One of the earliest pirates active in the Indian Ocean and Red Sea. John Bowen: d. 1704 1700–1704 Bermuda