A Guide To The Flags of Famous Pirates

A couple of months ago we found this fantastic guide to the flags of famous pirates in the cool guides category of reddit and thought that it was interesting and worth sharing. The image mostly features different variations of the Jolly Roger - A traditional English name for the ensign flown to identify a pirate ship preceding or during an attack:

 

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And here we have some high quality pictures from Wikipedia of the pirate flags in the design along with a little bit of information about the pirates for you to check out.

 

The Flag of Walter Kennedy

 

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Walter Kennedy (1695 – 21 July 1721) was an English pirate who served as a crew member under Howell Davis and Bartholomew Roberts. (More info)

 

The Flag of Bartholomew Roberts

 

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Bartholomew Roberts (17 May 1682 – 10 February 1722), born John Roberts, was a Welsh pirate who was, measured by vessels captured, the most successful pirate of the Golden Age of Piracy. (More info)

 

The Flag of Henry Every

 

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Henry Every, also known as Henry Avery (20 August 1659 – Disappeared: June 1696), was an English pirate who operated in the Atlantic and Indian oceans in the mid-1690s. (More info)

 

The Flag of Edward England

 

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Edward England (1685–1721) was an Irish pirate. The ships he sailed on included the Pearl (which he renamed The Royal James) and later the Fancy, for which England exchanged the Pearl in 1720. (More info)

 

The Flag of Richard Worley

 

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Richard Worley (died 1718/19) was a pirate who was active in the Caribbean Sea and the East Coast of the American Colonies during the early 18th century. (More info)

 

The Flag of Christopher Moody

 

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Christopher Moody (1694-1722) was a pirate as a member of Bartholomew Roberts' crew but was never a captain in his own right. (More info)

 

The Flag of Stede Bonnet

 

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Stede Bonnet (1688 – 10 December 1718) was a Barbadian-born pirate and military officer, known as the Gentleman Pirate because he was a moderately wealthy landowner before turning to a life of crime. (More info)

 

The Flag of Edward Low

 

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Edward Low (also spelled Lowe or Loe; 1690–1724) was a pirate of English origin during the latter days of the Golden Age of Piracy, in the early 18th century. (More info)

 

Bartholomew Roberts - 2nd Flag

 

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Another flag of pirate Bartholomew Roberts (Black Bart). ABH AMH is an acronym for: A Barbadian's Head, A Martinician's Head. (More info)

 

Flag of Calico Jack

 

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John Rackham (hanged 18 November 1720), commonly known as Calico Jack, was an English pirate captain operating in the Bahamas and in Cuba during the early 18th century. (More info)

 

Flag of Blackbeard

 

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Edward Teach (1680 – 22 November 1718), better known as Blackbeard, was an English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of Britain's North American colonies. (More info)

 

Flag of Emanuel Wynn

 

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Emanuel Wynn was a French pirate of the 17th century who is often considered the first pirate to fly the Jolly Roger. (More info)

 

Flag of Thomas Tew

 

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Thomas Tew (died September 1695), also known as the Rhode Island Pirate, was a 17th-century English privateer-turned-pirate. (More info)

 

Flag of Christopher Condent

 

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Condent (died 1734), born in Plymouth in Devon, was an English pirate who was best known for his piracies in the Indian Ocean. (More info)