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Francis Drake Portrait, Buckland Abbey

Image by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger

Francis Drake Portrait, Buckland Abbey

A c. 1590 CE portrait by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger of the English mariner, privateer and explorer Sir Francis Drake (c. 1540-1596 CE). (Buckland Abbey, England)

Battle between the Confiance and Kent

Image by Teddy Seguin

Battle between the Confiance and Kent

A c. 1850 painting by Ambroise Louis Garneray showing the 1800 battle between the Confiance captained by the French privateer Robert Surcouf and the Kent. (Musée d'Histoire de Saint-Malo, France)

Martin Frobisher by Ketel

Image by Cornelis Ketel

Martin Frobisher by Ketel

A 1577 CE portrait by Cornelis Ketel of the mariner, explorer and privateer Sir Martin Frobisher (c. 1535-1594 CE). (University of Oxford Collection)

Olivier van Noort

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Olivier van Noort

A 17th-century illustration of the pirate and privateer Olivier van Noort who was the first Dutchman to circumnavigate the globe (1598-1601). (From a 1926 edition of Around the World by Olivier van Noort 1598-1601, Volume I. by Dr. J.W. Ironman...

Woodes Rogers, Governor of the Bahamas

Image by William Hogarth

Woodes Rogers, Governor of the Bahamas

A 1729 oil painting by William Hogarth showing Woodes Rogers (seated), 1679-1732, and his family. Rogers was a former privateer, navigator and writer who was appointed Governor of the Bahamas in 1718. He was instrumental in stamping out piracy...