Piracy Collection

Ship Flying Jolly Roger
A typical pirate ship flying the jolly roger flag

Captain Henry Avery, pirate
Captain Avery and his crew taking one of the Great Moguls ships. In 1695, pirate Henry Averys (aka Every or Avary) ship, the Fancy

Skull and Crossbones - Inverted
The Jolly Roger is the name given to any of various flags flown to identify a ships crew as pirates. The flag most usually identified as the Jolly Roger today is the skull and crossbones

Skull and Crossbones
The Jolly Roger is the name given to any of various flags flown to identify a ships crew as pirates. The flag most usually identified as the Jolly Roger today is the skull and crossbones

Lambro the Pirate
Mr Dry in the role of Lambro the Pirate

Pirates of the West Indies, armed with musket
Male and female pirates of the West Indies, armed with musket and cutlass, early 1800s. The buccaneer at left wears a linen shirt dyed with animal blood

Douglas Fairbanks in The Black Pirate
Douglas Fairbanks (1883-1939) in The Black Pirate (1926) 1926

Philippines - Pirates
Balani pirates, based in Jolo - a volcanic island in the southwest Philippines. It is located in the Sulu Archipelago, between Borneo and Mindanao

Ambrose Applejohns Adventure by Walter Hackett, first produced as Spanish Treasure in Brighton and at the Criterion Theatre, London, July 1921

Bombardment of Algiers by the Spansih fleet, commanded by Antonio Barcel󬠌 ieutenant General of the Army of His Catholic Majesty (1783-1784). Engraving. FRANCE. Paris. National Library

Barbarossa, Khayr ad-D?n (1483-1546). Turkish sailor and pirate, one of the founders of Alger

The combatants cut and slashed with savage fury. Illustration from Jack Ballisters Fortunes by Howard Pyle, first published by The Century Company 1894

The Corsair at Drury Lane Theatre
Revival of the ballet The Corsair staged by Ferdinand Albert Decombe (known as Albert) at the Drury Lane Theatre in London. Mademoiselle Adele Dumilatre is shown in the role of Gulnare

Captain Averys sloops capture Ganj-i-Sawai
Pirate captain Henry Averys ships capture a rich Mughal trading vessel, the Ganj-i-Sawai, in the straits en route to Surat, an Indian port

Captain Malyoe shot Captain Brand through the head. Illustration from The Ghost of Captain Brand by Howard Pyle, first published in Harpers Weekly, 19th December 1896

War with Morocco - 1
In protest against Moroccan piracy and other harrassments, Spain declares war on Morocco

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