Just a Fledgling
Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) may be the most famous pirate on film, but the real Pirates of the Caribbean weren't quite so charming....
Black Bart
Welsh-born Bartholomew Roberts ("Black Bart") was the most successful pirate...
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St Lucia Sinkings
Roberts captured 15 French and English ships of the coast of St Lucia in just 3 days.
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Privateer in Paradise
Famous privateer, William Dampier used the Cocos Island as his evil headquarters...
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Cocos Island Treasure
Indeed, it is said that many pirates used Cocos Island as hiding-place for their loot.
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Merciless Morgan
Admiral Sir Henry Morgan was the bane of the Spanish Main, but his career began...
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Jamaica Rum-blings
... in sunny Jamaica, where he came to make his fortune. (He was, again, a Welshman)
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Free as a Bird
Henry Every ("Capt. Avery") was one of the few major pirate captains to retire alive...
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Bahamas Bribe
... after bribing the Governor of the Bahamas. He later vanished from the island.
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Blackbeard
Finally, we have the infamous pirate, Edward Teach, know as "Blackbeard"...
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Spanish West Indies
He lived in the Bahamas, but plundered the Spanish Caribbean - places like Grand Cayman
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Legend Lives On
Oddly, pirate legends live on in Grand Cayman, who host a national Pirates Week Festival.
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