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An image depicting Captain Avery’s encounter with the Emperor’s granddaughter after his September 1695 capture of the Mughal trader Ganj-i-Sawai. [links]
See full version: Meet the real-life pirates of the Caribbean; not a Jack Sparrow among them
An image depicting Captain Avery’s encounter with the Emperor’s granddaughter after his September 1695 capture of the Mughal trader Ganj-i-Sawai. [links]
Welsh buccaneer Henry Morgan in a color-enhanced picture.
On what was probably the most famous voyage Drake ever took, lasting from 1577 until 1580, he became the first English captain to circumnavigate the planet. It was, however, on that same relentlessly turbulent journey that he lost four out of five of his vessels and also slaughtered a member of his own crew who was counting on mutiny.
Captain Morgan was also a privateer who had fought for the English and against the Spanish. In fact, he is remembered as the greatest of all. In a nutshell, he was the worst enemy the Spanish had to face, perhaps worse than Sir Francis Drake. In 1668, he sacked Portobello, went after Maracaibo, and in 1671, attacked Panama, to name but a few of his biggest acts of piracy.
Not all pirates spent their heyday in the Caribbean, though. Born Henry Every and most commonly known as John Avery, he committed some of the biggest crimes of any captain across the Indian Ocean. At first roaming around Madagascar, a heaven for pirates in those days, he gathered enough followers to look forward to some big plans. His target was the treasure fleet belonging to the Grand Mughal of India on its return voyage from an annual pilgrimage trip to Mecca. [links]
Initially serving under another pirate who later retired, Blackbeard became captain in 1717, and commandeered a French merchant vessel which he renamed Queen Anne’s Revenge. He fitted it with 40 cannons, made it his flag ship, and together with three other smaller vessels (sloops) under his command, Teach plagued the West Indies and the Atlantic coast. In May 1718 he blockaded the Charleston harbor in South Carolina for four days, plundering several ships trying to get in or out, and held the local magistrate and his son for ransom. He then headed north, where he ran two of his vessels aground, the Queen Anne’s Revenge included, marooning most of his crew, in order to get a larger share of the loot. Having the governor of North Carolina in his pocket, he was secured a pardon under the royal Act of Grace and retired himself.
Piracy is as old as the sea itself … or at least since there’s been some loot to be plundered. But the pirate legacy has since been high-jacked by Hollywood and romantic fiction. And pirates have been told as being faintly noble, selfless, independent, and with a great degree of charm. But the real pirate story is much darker. Pirate life was nasty, brutal, and – especially – short. And for a brief moment in time, each of these lives terrorized the oceans and demanded the attention of the navy. Mercy and honesty were rarely in any pirate’s vocabulary. Today we’ll be taking a look at what made the real pirates the most feared “predators” on the high seas.
The above mentioned buccaneers made good use of the Buccaneer Musket. It was a large and heavy gun, measuring almost 6 feet in length. They used it initially for hunting boar on the islands, but also to shoot the helmsman off an enemy deck some 300 yards away. The buccaneers were really good shots, and became the masters of small arms; the first who gave them any real attention. Firing these guns continuously as they were rowing towards their target, they would disable the ship and prepare it for their boarding. The flintlock pistol was another weapon of choice, desired for its light weight and small size. It was ideal for boarding enemy ships, and pirates usually carried more than one since it was good for only one shoot before needing reloading. That’s why Blackbeard carried six with him at all times.
Captain Edward Teach, or better known as Blackbeard, is the main antagonist of the 2011 live-action Disney film Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and a posthumous antagonist in its 2017 sequel Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. more
On rare occasions, he has shown to have a form of affection for his daughter, Angelica Teach, having her entrusted under the care of nuns to ensure her well being. After his vicious pirate years, he devoted himself into teaching her the ways of a worthy pirate, teaching her his ways of sword-fighting and various other skills. Blackbeard even told Jack Sparrow that his daughter was the only good thing he's ever done in his life. In the end though, it was clear that Blackbeard saw her as a pawn like everyone else, as he was perfectly willing to threaten and sacrifice her in order to get what he wanted, especially when he chose to save himself rather than his own child, which ultimately resulted in his death. [links]
He is an infamous pirate, based on the real-life pirate of the same name, who wishes to claim the Fountain of Youth for himself. He is also a pirate that every pirate in the world is afraid of (presumably and arguably apart from Hector Barbossa and Davy Jones), due to his supernatural powers and ruthlessness. more
Captain Teach
The Pirate All Pirates Fear
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"Fans of the attraction's early days may also recognize a familiar voice as a pirate shares the cautionary tale of a cursed treasure. And the familiar redheaded figure among the townspeople has switched sides to become a pirate known as Redd, who pillages the town's rum supply," said the Disneyland spokesperson. [links]
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