Bartholomew Roberts
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United KingdomLived 1682 to 1722 · aged 39Bartholomew 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, he took over 400 prize ships, although most were mere fishing boats.
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Bart Roberts' memorial stone in Casnewydd Bach
The death of Captain Howell Davis in an ambush on Príncipe
Roberts at Ouidah, now in Benin, West Africa, with his ship and captured merchantmen in the background.
Roberts's crew carousing at the Calabar River. Most of the crew were drunk when Swallow appeared.
Bart Roberts, Trying Deserters, from the "Pirates of the Spanish Main", for Allen & Ginter CigarettesAbout this person
Bartholomew 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, he took over 400 prize ships, although most were mere fishing boats. Roberts raided ships off the Americas and the West African coast between 1719 and 1722; he is also noted for creating his own pirate code, and adopting an early variant of the Skull and Crossbones flag.
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