Mine was Bartholomew Roberts, aka "Black Bart." He just seemed to embody everything cool about pirates.
Who's your favorite? And I'm looking for real pirates here, people. First person to answer "OMG Jack Sparrow! lollollol!!!" gets keelhauled. I love me some Pirates of the Caribbean as much as the next wench, but I'm looking for swashbucklers who actually existed, here.
2006-08-03 08:13:04 · 26 answers · asked by Girl Wonder 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Black Bart of course. He captured over 400 ships in a 3 year career. And Arabella Drummond is NOT A REAL PIRATE. And Henry Morgan was more of a privateer.
2006-08-05 16:31:24 · answer #1 · answered by ck812 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Jack Sparrow, he was a real life genuine imitation pirate in the Caribbeans. Anne Bonny. Blackbeard. Morgan, Bartholomew. That's all I can think of.
2006-08-06 02:36:36 · answer #2 · answered by JBWPLGCSE 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blackbeard
Blackbeard (c. 1680[1] –November 22, 1718) was the nickname of Edward Teach, alias Edward Thatch (other sources give his name as Edward Drummond, although his birth name is not known), a notorious English pirate who had a short reign of terror in the Caribbean Sea between 1716 and 1718, during a period of time referred to as the Golden Age of Piracy. His best known vessel was the Queen Anne's Revenge, which is believed by some to have run aground near Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina in 1718.
Blackbeard had over a four dozen wives, most of which were common-law marriages. His last wife was Mary Ormond (or Ormand) of Bath, North Carolina, to whom he was only married for a short while. A painting of him hangs in Van Der Veer House (ce. 1790), in Bath.
Blackbeard often fought with, or simply showed himself wearing, multiple swords, knives, and pistols, and was notorious for wearing hemp and lighted matches woven into his enormous black beard during battle. This image, which he cultivated, has made him the premier image of the seafaring pirate.
2006-08-03 08:17:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sir Francis Drake. Truely a coutier and gentleman when called upon to be one and a devil in battle against the Spanish.
Most pirates were scoundrels, murderers, rapists, torturers, and the very worst scum that there was. The idealized pirates of recent movies does not show the real truth of the matter. Foul, dirty, evil men who needed hanging in the worst way.
2006-08-03 08:17:35 · answer #4 · answered by unchainmenow 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Henry Morgan
2006-08-03 08:19:07 · answer #5 · answered by RACQUEL 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OMG Jack Sparrow! lollollol!!!
2006-08-03 08:16:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like your daughter is sensitive. My suggestion would be to limit her television to a few carefully selected shows and make sure you WATCH THEM WITH HER. The only way for a child to watch television safely and productively is with a parent. If you're sitting with her you can explain the frightening or unusual things. At 5 years old you don't need to worry about her growing up disconnected from real life. There is plenty of time for her to learn about the realities of the world. Make sure you teach her about "stranger danger" etc. and the things she needs to know to protect herself and let the rest come naturally. You don't want a child who's frightened by everything because she was forced to deal with it at a young age. 5 year olds should not watch more than an hour of television a day. She should spend far more time reading, by herself and with you. A lot of time books are a far better way to deal with frightening things because they are slightly less "realistic". I'll tell you what I tell every parent looking for television for their children: turn the channel to PBS. Nick and Disney are not there to help your child grow and learn, they're their to make money.
2016-03-26 21:53:42 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Arabella Drummond and Anne Bonney
2006-08-03 08:18:27 · answer #8 · answered by www.fantasygrrl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably William Kidd as he was most likely innocent of the charges of piracy brought before him, even though a court convicted him of crimes at sea and sentenced him to be hanged.
In general, pirates should not be regarded with awe as they were people who were simply criminals at sea. To glorify them is an embarrassment of our society.
2006-08-03 10:01:52 · answer #9 · answered by Ѕємι~Мαđ ŠçїєŋŧιѕТ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like Captain Kidd, mostly because Edgar Allen Poe used his legend in the Goldbug. Before I read the Goldbug, I've read before about him in a children's book that mostly gave out facts about pirates when I was in elementary school. I guess he just stuck out.
2006-08-03 08:20:58 · answer #10 · answered by jeffeymartinez 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋