• John Rivers (died 1719) was a pirate best known for leading a settlement and trading post on Madagascar. The English Courteen Association attempted to...
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  • This is a list of known pirates, buccaneers, corsairs, privateers, river pirates, and others involved in piracy and piracy-related activities. This list...
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  • businessman John Rivers (died 1584), Lord Mayor of London and businessman John Rivers (pirate) (died 1719), based in Madagascar Johnny Rivers (born 1942)...
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    A river pirate is a pirate who operates along a river. The term has been used to describe many different kinds of pirate groups who carry out riverine...
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  • John Taylor (fl. 1718–1723), born Richard Taylor, was an English pirate active in the Indian Ocean, best known for participating in two of the richest...
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  • International Talk Like a Pirate Day is a parodic holiday created in 1995 by John Baur and Mark Summers of Albany, Oregon, who proclaimed September 19...
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  • The Pirates of Blood River is a 1962 British swashbuckler film directed by John Gilling and starring Kerwin Mathews, Glenn Corbett, Christopher Lee and...
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    John Phillips (died April 18, 1724) was an English pirate captain. He started his piratical career in 1721 under Thomas Anstis, and stole his own pirate...
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    June 1696), sometimes erroneously given as Jack Avery or John Avery, was an English pirate who operated in the Atlantic and Indian oceans in the mid-1690s...
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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...
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    John Roberts, was a Welsh pirate who was, measured by vessels captured, the most successful pirate of the Golden Age of Piracy. During his piratical career...
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    John Cook (died 1684) was an English buccaneer, privateer, and pirate. In 1679, when he was still a merchant captain, Cook abandoned his ship on the island...
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  • Jack Ward (redirect from John Ward (pirate))
    John Ward (c. 1553 – 1622), also known as Birdy or later as Yusuf Reis, was an English pirate who later became a Corsair for the Ottoman Empire operating...
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  • John King (c. 1706/09 – April 26, 1717) was an 18th-century pirate. He joined the crew of Samuel "Black Sam" Bellamy while still a juvenile, and may have...
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    1688 – 10 December 1718) was a Barbadian-born pirate and military officer, known as the Gentleman Pirate because he was a moderately wealthy landowner...
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    The Republic of Pirates was the base and stronghold of a loose confederacy run by privateers-turned-pirates in Nassau on New Providence island in the...
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  • The Pirate Parrot is a costumed mascot of the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball. He was introduced in 1979 in response to the popularity of the...
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  • John Callis (or Calles) (died 1576) was a 16th-century Welsh pirate. He was active in South Wales from Cardiff to Haverfordwest, often selling his prizes...
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    A pirate code, pirate articles, or articles of agreement were a code of conduct for governing ships of pirates, notably between the 17th and 18th centuries...
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    Side. The Pirates previously played at Forbes Field from 1909 to 1970 and at Three Rivers Stadium from 1970 to 2000. Since 1948 the Pirates' colors have...
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    Piracy (redirect from Pirate ship)
    of pirates Piracy in the Atlantic World Piracy kidnappings Pirate code Pirate game Pirate Party Pirate Round Pirate studies Pirate utopia Pirates World...
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    greatly contributed to the image of the pirate in popular culture. Long John Silver is a cunning and opportunistic pirate who was quartermaster under the notorious...
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  • This is a list of pirate films and TV series, primarily in the pirate film genre, about the Golden Age of Piracy from the 17th through 18th centuries...
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    The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. Its official...
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    The Barbary pirates, Barbary corsairs, Ottoman corsairs, or naval mujahideen (in Muslim sources) were mainly Muslim pirates and privateers who operated...
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    Long John Silver in the 1950 film adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson novel Treasure Island, and various adaptations of the Middle Eastern pirate, Sinbad...
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    John Russell (fl. 1722-1723) was a pirate active from Nova Scotia to the Caribbean to the African coast. He is best known for his association with Edward...
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  • his frigate with logwood." Age of Pirates 2: City of Abandoned Ships (2009 video game) features a character named John Morris who lives in the Port of Spain...
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  • John Cornelius (fl. 1687–1721) was an Irish pirate allegedly active in the Red Sea and off the west coast of Africa. He succeeded William Lewis, who was...
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    Jolly Roger (redirect from Pirate flag)
    by a number of pirate captains, including Black Sam Bellamy, Edward England, and John Taylor. It became the most commonly used pirate flag during the...
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