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Blackbeard, whose real name was Edward Teach, was a notorious English pirate who terrorized the American East Coast and the Caribbean in the early 18th century. Known for his fearsome appearance and ruthless tactics, he was killed in a fierce battle with British naval forces in 1718. |
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Sir Henry Morgan was a Welsh privateer and pirate who raided Spanish settlements in the Caribbean during the late 1600s with the backing of the English crown. Celebrated in England for his exploits, he was later knighted and appointed Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica. |
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Calico Jack Rackham was an 18th-century English pirate known for his flamboyant clothing and the distinctive Jolly Roger flag he flew. He is also famous for having two female pirates, Anne Bonny and Mary Read, among his crew before being captured and executed in 1720. |
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Sir Francis Drake was an English explorer and privateer who became the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe, plundering Spanish ships and claiming land for England along the way. Celebrated as a hero in England and reviled as a pirate by Spain, he played a key role in defeating the Spanish Armada before dying off the coast of Panama in 1596. |
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Jean Lafitte was a French pirate and privateer who operated in the Gulf of Mexico in the early 19th century, running a smuggling empire out of Louisiana. Despite his criminal activities, he aided the United States during the War of 1812 and played a key role in the Battle of New Orleans. |
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Anne Bonny was a fierce and rebellious Irish pirate who sailed the Caribbean in the early 18th century alongside Calico Jack Rackham. Known for her courage and disguise as a man in battle, she was captured in 1720 but her ultimate fate remains a mystery. |