Stede Bonnet & the Jolly Roger

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Mark Cartwright
by Benjamin Cole
published on 17 August 2021
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An engraving from c. 1724 of Stede Bonnet, the notorious Barbadian pirate (d. 1718). This version of the Jolly Roger flag was not actually flown by Bonnet but by the British pirate Richard Worley (d. 1718). (From an edition of 'A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pyrates' by D. Defoe/Charles Johnson).

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Cole, B. (2021, August 17). Stede Bonnet & the Jolly Roger. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/14433/stede-bonnet--the-jolly-roger/

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