Mary Read’s life was of Shakespearean proportions. They left Vane on a deserted island, where he was eventually rescued, recognized, convicted, and hung for his crimes. His crew eventually mutinied, probably because Vane had a bad habit of fleeing battles when the other ship was larger. The distraction worked long enough for Vane and his crew to escape. When the governor of New Providence sent two ships to capture him, Vane piled explosives onto one of his smaller ships, set it on fire, and sent it towards the enemy. He was wildly successful as a pirate, but was also known as a selfish captain. During her stay in prison, Anne had this to say about Calico Jack: “If he had fought like a man, he need not have been hang’d like a dog.” She wasn’t executed immediately due to her pregnancy, but there are no records showing what happened to her or the baby.Ĭharles Vane was another dangerous pirate who sailed in the Atlantic**.** For his pirating debut, he captured two Bermudan ships and then tortured and murdered their crews. The drunk pirate crew hid below decks-except for Anne, Mary Read, and one unnamed crew member who fought until they were captured. Her pirating career would end about a year later when a British ship attacked her ship. Anne Bonny stole a docked ship for their escape-armed with only a pistol and sword. Anne eventually met and fell in love with Calico Jack, and the two went into piracy together. She killed a serving girl with a knife and when a suitor made advances on her, she attacked him so fiercely that he was in bed for weeks. She was as beautiful as she was violent, even before she turned to piracy.
“The Great Pyrate Roberts” destroyed 400 ships during his career and was eventually killed during an attack.Īnne Bonny was about as crazy as they come. One of his greatest successes was in 1720, when his crew of 60 defeated all 22 ships and 1,200 men in Trespassey Bay. He often used prisoners for target-practice when they refused to become pirates. Although “Black Bart” was a religious man who held his crew to high standards of no drinking and gambling, he did not abate his cruelty. Roberts was then voted captain, and his first move as the new captain was to sail back to the Portuguese settlement, burn it down, and kill everyone in it. This English sailor got a promotion when the Portuguese authorities killed the captain of his ship, Captain Davis. Second up is Bartholomew Roberts, who never balked at overwhelming odds. Ironically, L’Olonnais was later captured and eaten by natives when his ship ran aground. L’Olonnais cut the heart out of one captive and ate it in front of the survivor, threatening that he’d eat his heart too if he didn’t start talking. He escaped the bloodshed with two Spanish captives that knew the way to safety, but both refused to speak. During an expedition to Honduras, his crew was attacked. “The Bane of Spain” committed one act that put him above all other pirates: eating a human heart. L’Olonnais beheaded all of the attackers, but left one alive to deliver a threatening message back. When he captured a Spanish town and demanded ransom, the Spanish responded with a raiding crew. L’Olonnais is the first on the list for his incredible violence and drive to survive. But how does Robert Louis Stevenson’s character stack up when compared with real pirates? How does he rate when it comes to diabolical acts and a pirate’s life? To see where he is on the scale, we’ve compared him to seven infamous pirates who have each terrorized the ocean in their own special way. CEDAR CITY, UT-Long John Silver of Treasure Island fame may be the best-known pirate, real or mythical, of all time.
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