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The Most Iconic Episode From the Life of Blackbeard Is How It Ended. Here's How the Pirate Really Died

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The most iconic scene in Blackbeard's storied life is his death on Nov. 22, 1718. Here's how it really happened.

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1) When was the Golden Age of Piracy ?
-  XVII éme

2) Where was the place who they has the most pirates and where they come ?
-  Carabean and they come of Europe ( Spain- Portugal)

3) Who was the most famous partie in Golden Age of Piracy ?  -  Anne Bonny, Mary Read, Jalico Jack, Blackbeard, Bartholonew Roberts.

4) Why they come pirate ?
-  Aften this man wa poor. They want foods, gold, ... and freedom

5) Where is located the mains pirate attacks ?
-  In Africa

6) Whith what kind of stuff they attack ships ?
-  Smoller, faster boat, weapons, machete, ...

7) What is the different between the modern piracy and the hold piracy ?
-  They use weapons ; motor-boat; navigation equipment (GPS, radar, ...)

8) What is the similarytis between the hold and the modern piracy ?
-  They are poor man, they do far survy, to eat and drink

9) What is the consequens about the pirate attack ?
-  kidnapp personns, ships are stolen, sometime people was injured

10) What is the solution against the pirates ?
-  navy ships, surveillance, jobs far the local people

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Mary Read et Anne Bonny, corsaires au temps des corsets

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Râtelier édenté, jambe de bois et œil bandé : la figure du pirate sans foi ni loi, du gueux à la barbe hirsute, sabre dressé, a façonné l'imaginaire populaire. Tout comme le Jolly Roger, l'étendard noir à tête de mort, hissé pour signifier à l'ennemi que son temps est compté. Surprise : parmi cette frange insoumise des gens de mer se cachent parfois des femmes. Mais leurs tribulations sont vite reléguées aux oubliettes de l'histoire. Au mieux ont-elles droit à une mention dans les livres pour enfants ou servent-elles dans les films de faire-valoir glamour à leurs pairs masculins. Ces flibustières se travestissent pour assurer leur survie. Car, à l'époque, leur présence à bord est prohibée par le code des pirates. Elles sont suspectées de porter la guigne, d'inciter à la bagarre. Qui trahit la règle est promis à l'appétit des requins infestant les eaux du Ponant.

Deux femmes pourtant, deux stars méconnues aujourd'hui, vont faire parler d'elles au début du XVIII e siècle : Mary Read et Anne Bonny, capturées le 21 octobre 1720 avec l'équipage du flamboyant John Rackham, alias "Calico Jack". L'âge d'or de la piraterie touche alors à sa fin dans la Caraïbe, devenue l'un des eldorados du commerce colonial à la période moderne. Depuis plusieurs mois, Rackham pille avec méthode, au large de la Jamaïque, des esquifs de pêcheurs, des goélettes employées au négoce dans les Indes occidentales. Tout est bon à prendre : matelots pour grossir la horde, poisson séché, viande boucanée, matériel de navigation, tabac, épices et, bien sûr, coffres renfermant les livres sterling qui alimentent le butin commun. Sir Nicholas Lawes, le gouverneur de l'île, est plus qu'exaspéré de ces exactions. Il arme un navire et nomme à son commandement le capitaine Jonathan Barnet, qui fait cap sur la pointe Negril, où Rackham a largué l'ancre pour une journée de relâche. Quand Barnet apparaît à l'horizon, les bandits tentent de fuir. Mais quelques barriques de rhum sommairement raffiné ont sans doute émoussé leur hardiesse légendaire. Les soldats de Barnet lancent l'abordage, seuls trois pirates, puis deux, résistent, hurlant aux couards réfugiés sous le pont de ne pas déposer les armes. Ce sont Mary Read et Anne Bonny, qui combattent comme des diables glabres.

"Vies errantes"

Malgré son acharnement, le duo réfractaire est emmené avec ses compagnons dans les geôles de Santiago de la Vega, l'ancienne Spanish Town. Les autorités découvrent, médusées, que le redouté Rackham s'est autorisé à enrôler des dames. Leur cas sera traité à part. Le 16 novembre 1720, le pirate comparaît avec huit membres de son équipage devant la cour d'amirauté. Ils plaident non coupables, assurant que "leur entreprise ne visait que les Espagnols, et avancent d'autres arguments résumés dans le compte rendu du procès par les termes "autres vaines et lamentables excuses du même genre"", retrace Marie-Eve Sténuit, historienne de l'art et archéologue sous-marin, dans Femmes pirates, les écumeuses des mers (1).

Las ! Les vilains sont condamnés à la pendaison. Avant d'être conduit au gibet, Calico Jack demande à voir une dernière fois sa belle, Anne Bonny. "Mais il n'en reçut d'autre consolation que celle de s'entendre dire qu'elle était fâchée de le voir ainsi mais que s'il s'était battu comme un homme, il n'aurait pas été pendu comme un chien", raconte Daniel Defoe, sous le pseudonyme du capitaine Charles Johnson, dans Histoire générale des plus fameux pirates, publié à Londres entre 1724 et 1728. L'auteur de Robinson Crusoé fait référence sur la courte historiographie dédiée à nos deux piratesses.

En cette fin novembre 1720, Anne Bonny et Mary Read bénéficient de la clémence de la couronne anglaise, pour une même raison : elles sont enceintes. L'exploration des nouveaux mondes a bousculé nombre de concepts philosophiques et politiques. Mais un interdit prévaut dans l'univers puritain anglo-saxon du début du XVIII e siècle : hors de question de condamner l'enfant à naître, sa mère fût-elle une pécheresse. Mary Read n'a pas le temps de donner la vie, elle trépasse dans sa cellule "d'une fièvre maligne", dit Defoe. Anne Bonny, elle, "demeura en prison jusqu'à son accouchement et bénéficia ensuite d'autres sursis à son exécution. Ce qu'il est advenu d'elle, nous ne pourrions le dire. Nous savons seulement qu'elle ne fut pas pendue", précisent les écrits du capitaine Johnson. C'est leur condition, et leur conditionnement de genre, qui permirent aux aventurières de déjouer le sort réservé aux forbans. "Les étranges péripéties de leurs vies errantes sont telles qu'on pourrait être tenté de juger que leur histoire n'est que fable ou roman", avertit Defoe, avant d'en promettre l'incontestable "véracité".

Toutes deux enfants illégitimes, Bonny et Read sont issues de milieux sociaux différents. Mary Read naît en Angleterre. Sa mère, veuve de marin, élève un garçon en vivant chez sa belle famille. Mais très vite, "elle fut grosse à nouveau - sans mari, cette fois", souligne Defoe. Elle part à la campagne pour accoucher d'une fille, loin des regards. Son fils meurt. Sans le sou, elle a l'idée de déguiser la petite Mary avec des hauts-de-chausses, l'ancêtre du pantalon, afin de la faire passer pour son frère défunt et d'obtenir une rente de sa belle-mère. La grand-mère, qui ne se doute de rien, lui alloue une couronne par semaine. Lorsque la bienfaitrice meurt, Mary, âgée de 13 ans, a été élevée en garçon. Elle est placée comme valet, avant de s'engager dans la marine britannique, puis dans l'infanterie en Flandres. Passée dans la cavalerie, elle tombe amoureuse d'un soldat. Elle lui dévoile son identité et finit par l'épouser. Ils ouvrent l'auberge des Trois Fers à cheval près de Bréda. Mais le mari est emporté par la maladie et l'affaire périclite.

Caractère volcanique

Mary Read renfile ses habits d'homme et monte sur un navire à destination des Indes occidentales. Il est rançonné par des pirates, auxquels elle se rallie. Membre de plusieurs équipages en mer des Caraïbes, elle s'embarque enfin avec Rackham, dont le bras droit est réputé pour son caractère volcanique. Il s'agit d'Anne Bonny qui, voulant séduire Read, ne tarde pas à découvrir que sa chemise raidie par le sel cache une autre vérité.

Anne Bonny a grandi en Irlande, près de Cork. Son père, William Cormac, notaire, a pris la fâcheuse habitude de délaisser le lit conjugal pour la couche de la servante. Anne naît de ces amours clandestines et le scandale enfle. Cormac "ne tarda pas à s'en repentir, car il perdit peu à peu sa clientèle, jusqu'à ne plus pouvoir demeurer dans cette ville", rapporte Daniel Defoe. Le notable franchit l'Atlantique avec maîtresse et rejeton et s'installe en Jamaïque, où il réussit comme planteur. Anne, une fois pubère, n'a aucune intention de se cantonner au rôle de bon parti. Elle fréquente les tavernes et épouse le premier marin venu, James Bonny, au grand dam de son paternel qui la déshérite. Les noceurs rallient New Providence, aux Bahamas. Mais Anne collectionne les amants et croise la route de Rackham, avec qui elle s'enfuit. La scandaleuse navigue habillée en homme. Avant d'être rattrapée en octobre 1720, elle n'aurait posé pied à terre qu'à une occasion : à Cuba, chez des amis de Calico Jack, pour donner naissance à leur premier enfant. Avant de l'abandonner, ne pouvant résister à l'appel du large et du lucre.

"Yucca juteux"

La luxure aurait également été un puissant moteur pour Bonny, séduite par l'insaisissable pirate Read. Dans Louves de mer, l'écrivaine cubaine Zoé Valdés (2) se plaît à narrer cette sororité devenue licencieuse au fil des rendez-vous nocturnes sur le pont. Elle raconte ainsi leur union à la sauvette : "Enlacées dans une étreinte nostalgique, le dos brillant et fin, tranchant sur la peau bronzée de leur bras, Anne Bonny et Mary Read vibrèrent sous le manteau du crépuscule de poix, convaincues qu'elles auraient tout intérêt à garder le secret, et se promirent de ne pas se trahir, ni même de s'appeler en leur for intérieur Anne ou Mary, non, pour rien au monde elles ne cesseraient d'être Bonny et Read." Dommage que cette première scène de tribadisme ne se solde quelques pages plus tard, dans le roman de Valdés, par un plan à trois convenu, où le "yucca juteux" de Rackham permet au "désir éphémère" de muer en "désir éternel". Comme si la liberté chèrement acquise par les piratesses ne pouvait exister qu'à l'aune des normes patriarcales. En les imaginant amantes, le livre de Valdés va pourtant plus loin que la plupart des récits sur Bonny et Read. Mais le texte n'échappe pas, dans une certaine mesure, aux discriminations de genre qu'eurent à endurer les femmes pirates, et qui expliquent en grande partie leur visibilité aléatoire dans l'histoire de la flibuste.

Laissons donc la morale de l'histoire à Philippe Mortimer, qui signe pour les éditions Libertalia la traduction du passage consacré à nos écumeuses dans l'ouvrage originel de Defoe (3) : "Ce qui les unit, dans leur brève odyssée commune, c'est ce courage, cette valeur au combat, ce sens de l'honneur, si nettement supérieurs à ceux de leurs compagnons, et dont on feignit de s'étonner à l'époque comme d'une monstruosité. Et en effet on voyait alors peu de femmes dans les métiers d'armes, mais on trouvait déjà beaucoup de lâcheté parmi les hommes de tout emploi."

(1) Femmes pirates, les écumeuses des mers de Marie-Eve Sténuit, éditions du Trésor, 2015. (2) Louves de mer de Zoé Valdés, Gallimard, 2005. (3) Femmes pirates : Anne Bonny et Mary Read, de Daniel Defoe, illustré par Tanxxx, éditions Libertalia, 2015.
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Libres et courageuses, les deux flibustières déguisées en homme se sont fait connaître au moment de leur arrestation par les Anglais au large de la Caraïbe au début du XVIIIe siècle. Et tant pis si leur présence à bord des navires était théoriquement interdite par le code des pirates...

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The enigmatic life of Edward Thatch, the legendary pirate known as Blackbeard

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From the classic tale of Treasure Island to modern blockbusters like Pirates of the Caribbean, pirate stories have been with us for quite some time. As a genre, they are firmly rooted in reality, based on the lives and deeds of actual seafaring criminals from around the 17th century. But, as time goes by, it has proven difficult to distinguish fact from fiction, especially when it comes to famous pirates.

According to Neil Rennie, author of the book Treasure Neverland: Real and Imaginary Pirates, pirate stories first entered the mainstream following the 1724 release of A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates. This work, authored by one unidentified "Captain" Charles Johnson, assembled all real-life news coverage of the golden age of piracy and incorporated it into a unified historical narrative.

Sometimes, however, the stories from A General History contain details that were not mentioned in the news, meaning they could either have come from alternate sources or imagination. Johnson certainly wrote in a style closer to that of a fiction writer than a journalist, and nowhere is that more evident than in his descriptions of the pirate Edward Thatch, better known as Blackbeard.

According to Blackbeard's executioner, lieutenant Robert Maynard, Thatch received his moniker because "he let his Beard grow, and tied it up in black ribbons." Johnson's rewrite adds the drama and terror with which we are now all familiar. "Captain Thatch, assumed the Cognomen of Black-beard," he writes, "from that large Quantity of Hair, which like a frightful Meteor covered his whole Face, and frightened America, more than any Comet that has appear'd there a long Time."

A General History has been widely influential in shaping the way historical figures like Blackbeard are viewed today. However, from a scholarly standpoint, Johnson's literary flair cannot help but call his credibility. The real Edward Thatch is contained in primary sources that preceded Johnson, and though this Blackbeard was noticeably different from his fictionalized counterpart, he is no less fascinating.

The life of Edward Thatch

Historians have long struggled to find any credible sources detailing Edward Thatch's existence. From the date of his birth to the place he was born, nothing is known for certain. Historians cannot even agree on the spelling of his surname, which - across both sources and analyses - is listed alternatively as Thatch, Teach, Tache, Thache, and Teache.

Many people believe that he was born in Bristol, but there is no evidence for this. Other historians have suggested he came from a rich New England family. A genealogical study once made a comprehensive argument relating Blackbeard to a family of "Taches" from Jamaica.

Regardless of where Blackbeard lived, he seems to have grown up in complete anonymity. Prior to becoming a pirate, his name had never appeared in a single government document - criminal or administrative. He was also never brought to trial, meaning there are no legal records to provide us with a convenient, scrutinized account of the accusations raised against him.

Most of what we know about the pirate comes from those who ran into him and were fortunate enough to live and tell the tale. In 1717, the Governor of the Leeward Islands encountered Blackbeard sailing his waters in the company of another pirate, Stede Bonnet. In a report sent to London, the Governor erroneously suspected that the well-dressed and articulate Bonnett - a former landowner from Barbados - was in charge of the entire operation.

According to Johnson, Blackbeard's pirating career started when he agreed to help Benjamin Hornigold loot a number of Spanish shipwrecks that had been scattered off the coast of Florida by a hurricane. Blackbeard was expelled from the region only to resettle at Providence. Here, alongside Hornigold and Bonnet, Blackbeard graduated from looting wrecks to intercepting cargo ships en route between Europe and the Americas.

Blackbeard's theatricality and staged appearance soon earned him a reputation on both sides of the Atlantic. Reports from The Boston News-Letter rectified the Governor's error of judgment, stating that the pirates' forces - 150 men distributed across 13 ships - answered to Blackbeard and Blackbeard alone. The pirates plundered whatever they wished. Anything they did not need was chugged into the ocean, causing many business owners a tremendous headache.

The death of Blackbeard

Johnson maintains that Blackbeard's crew disbanded no sooner than it had formed. Blackbeard for his part accepted a gubernatorial pardon and settled in Bath Town with a wife. His retirement from piracy did not last long, as he would set sail again within less than a year. This time, however, it did not take long for his rampage to attract the attention of the Royal Navy.

The events that would lead to Blackbeard's death were set in motion when Alexander Spotswood was named governor of Virginia. Spotswood was determined to end piracy in the American colonies. Blaming its prevalence on the inertia of his colleague, the governor of North Carolina, Spotswood ordered lieutenant Robert Maynard to ambush Thatch near Ocracoke Inlet, an estuary outside North Carolina.

The ambush went as planned and Blackbeard's forces were quickly overwhelmed. In an official account written after the battle, Governor Spotswood mentioned that Blackbeard had ordered one of his crewmates to blow up the ship's powder room in case they were attacked by the Navy, but that a second crewmate had managed to dissuade the first from obeying Blackbeard's order.

Ever at the forefront of Blackbeard news coverage, The Boston News-Letter published a riveting report on the ensuing sword fight:

"Maynard and Teach themselves two begun the fight with their swords, Maynard making a thrust, the point of his sword against Teach's cartridge box, and bended it to the hilt. Teach broke the guard of it, and wounded Maynard's fingers but did not disable him, whereupon he jumped back and threw away his sword and fired his pistol, which wounded Teach. Demelt struck in between them with his sword and cut Teach's face pretty much; . . . one of Maynard's men being a [Scottish] highlander engaged Teach with his broad sword, who gave Teach a cut on the neck, Teach saying, well done lad, the highlander replied, if it be not well done, I'll do it better, [and] with that he gave him a second stroke, which cut off his head, laying it flat on his shoulder."
November 1718

Blackbeard's decaying head was tied to the bowsprit of Maynard's ship so it could be displayed to the public on their way back home. Once they reached the shores of Virginia, the head was handed over to Governor Spotswood, who mounted it on a pike that he placed at a point where the Hampton River meets the Hampton Roads. Blackbeard's skull was eventually taken down.

An urban legend holds that the top of the skull was plated in silver and used as a fancy chalice in the taverns across the Chesapeake Bay. Both halves of the skull have gotten lost and are yet to be recovered. Until they are, this part of Blackbeard's cultural legacy - just like the many gripping yet unverifiable details in Johnson's A General History - will have to be taken with a pint of seawater.

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The Secret of Monkey Island is a 1990 point-and-click graphic adventure game developed and published by Lucasfilm Games. It takes place in a fantastic version of the Caribbean during the age of piracy. The player assumes the role of Guybrush Threepwood, a young man who dreams of becoming a pirate and explores fictional islands while solving puzzles. Play The Secret of Monkey Island online!

The Secret of Monkey Island game description

Deep in the Caribbean lies Melee Island, ruled by the governor Elaine Marley. The cruel pirate LeChuck is deeply in love with her - so deeply that he refuses to accept his own death. As a ghost, he dwells with his undead crew somewhere near the mysterious Monkey Island. Meanwhile, a young fellow named Guybrush Threepwood is determined to become a real pirate. At the Scumm Bar he meets three pirates who tell him he has to complete three difficult tasks in order to be worthy of this title. But as Guybrush is trying to complete these tasks, he encounters the lovely governor, and this meeting changes his life forever. Risking to incur the wrath of LeChuck, Guybrush has to prove his wit is as sharp as his sword, and figure out a way to foil the ghost pirate's plans.

The Secret of Monkey Island is an adventure game that utilizes the command verb-based SCUMM interface first introduced in Maniac Mansion: the player constructs commands for Guybrush by selecting an appropriate verb and then combining it with an object or an inventory item. Objects that can be interacted with are highlighted when the player places a cursor over them. The game is the first LucasArts adventure in which it is impossible to get irrevocably stuck; like in Loom, the player character also cannot die. The branching dialogue system, where the player chooses between several available responses during conversations, allows the player to talk to characters in different ways without fearing a wrong choice, and is often used as a humorous device.

The puzzles are predominantly inventory-based; most of the problems in the game are solved by picking up items and combining them with each other or with objects (or people) in the game world. Several tasks are dialogue-based; among those is the humorous "insult swordfighting", which involves Guybrush learning and choosing witty insults while dueling pirates.

The CD DOS and FM Towns versions of the game have slightly updated interface (with graphically represented inventory items instead of the text-only labels in the original version), as well as CD audio music tracks.

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Famous pirates

Dare you encounter Blackbeard, Ned Low, Captain Henry Morgan, Anne Bonny and Mary Read?

Despite glamorous representations in film and literature, pirates were, without exception, a thoroughly dislikeable bunch and some like Edward Low were fierce killers.

Blackbeard

Probably the most famous pirate to ever live. Blackbeard had a knack for theatricality and a startling portrait of him has ensured his image has lived on. As well as being heavily armed with knives, cutlasses and pistols, Blackbeard (real name, Edward Teach) tried to make himself look especially fearsome in order to intimidate his victims. He had wild eyes and a mass of thick tangled hair. Into his hair he twisted pieces of fuse, which he set alight during battles, so that his face was surrounded with smoke to create an even more terrifying image.

He may have regretted his fame though when the Royal Navy sent ships targeting him specifically and he was killed in battle.
Find out more about Blackbeard
Edward Low

Captain Edward (Ned) Low was born in Westminster. He was one of the most brutal men to command a pirate ship. During the 1720s he plundered ships on both sides of the Atlantic and became notorious for his savage cruelty.

He took a sadistic pleasure in cutting off the noses, ears and lips of his victims. He also tortured and murdered the entire crews of some of the ships he captured. Low was never caught and is believed to have ended his days in Brazil.

Famous female pirates

Anne Bonny/Roberts and Mary Read

The pirate Mary Read was born in London. As a young woman she joined the army in Flanders disguised as a boy soldier. She later went to sea, still dressed in male clothes, and was captured by a pirate ship commanded by 'Calico' Jack Rackam.

Another member of Read's pirate crew was Anne Bonny. After several plundering expeditions around the Caribbean together, their ship was captured off Jamaica and the crew were sent for trial in Spanish Town.

All the men in the crew were hanged but Mary Read and Anne Bonny were reprieved because they were both pregnant. Mary fell ill with fever soon after the trial and died in prison.

Anne Bonny took part in many attacks and fought fiercely. In 1720 she was put on trial in Jamaica and sentenced to death. Bonny claimed that Rackham would not have been hung like a dog if he had fought like a man!

Henry Morgan

Welshman Henry Morgan considered himself a privateer rather than a pirate as he operated mostly in collusion with the then Governor of Jamaica and he targeted Spanish ships. His exploits were notably bold and often bloodthirsty, none more so than the time he sailed up to the city of Panama and burned it to the ground. This was a bitter blow to Britain's then enemy Spain and Morgan was celebrated back in Britain.

Despite the dubious legality of many of Morgan's exploits he was ennobled and became the Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica for his troubles.

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