Pirate Collection

Pirate Radio ship, Radio Caroline, Essex coast
The pirate radio ship, Radio Caroline, anchored off the Essex coast near Walton-on-the-Naze, with a boat alongside. circa 1966

Pirate Radio ship, Radio London, Essex coast

Jamaica Inn, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall
Jamaica Inn, a Grade II listed building on Bodmin Moor near Bolventor, Cornwall, built as a coaching inn in 1750. Popular with smugglers

Long John Silver / Parrot
For generations of readers, the archetypal pirate is Long John Silver, the devious and malevolent villain of Robert Louis Stevensons Treasure Island - parrot and all !

John Paul Jones
Americans would be indignant to see their gallant naval hero portrayed on the London stage as a PIRATE ! - yet here he is, as acted by Mr Elsgood with bravo galore

PIrate knitting pattern
A gay, swashbuckling three-piece to knit for teenagers! The 1950s were a more innocent time

Blackbeard & Crew / Pirate
Blackbeard the Pirate & his jolly buccaneers, including Abdallah, Captain of the Mogul

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

Red vipers bugloss, Echium wildpretii, and common bugloss, Anchusa officinalis. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt

Morgan sacks Panama
Admiral Sir Henry Morgan (1635-1688) and his English buccaneers sack the Spanish city of Panama, looting immense wealth and returning to Jamaica a hero

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

John Paul Jones, Pirate
JOHN PAUL JONES American naval commander, depicted as a pirate

Events / Africa / Libya
The U.S. wages war on Algerian pirates : Stephen Decaturs life is saved when Reuben James interposes his head between a pirate sword and his commander

Ships tied up along the river, Seville, Spain
Vintage 19th century photograph - ships tied up along the river, Seville, Spain

Lily of the valley, Convallaria majalis, and carnation, Dianthus caryophyllus. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Common dittany, Cunila mariana, and sweet basil, Ocimum basilicum. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Wild thyme, Thymus serpyllum, and dittany of Crete, Origanum dictamnus. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Cover design, The Queen of the Pirate Isle, by Bret Harte, illustrated by Kate Greenaway. Showing three children playing on a makeshift sailing boat constructed with a chair

G&s / Pirates, India 3
Young Frederic is reminded of his duty at pistol-point by the Pirate King and Ruth in an amateur production by the British community at Simla, India

Captain Roberts
BARTHOLOMEW ROBERTS Captain Roberts, the pirate with sword in hand and tricorn hat

Bistort, Polygonum bistorta, and adderstongue
Bistort, Polygonum bistorta, male and female, and adderstongue, Ophioglossum vulgatum. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal

Map of Drakes route round the world, 1577-1580
Map of Sir Francis Drakes route round the world, 1577-1580, in The Queens Pirate, The tale of Drakes argosy of terror, by B J Clarke, illustrated by W G Savory. Date: 16th century

Pirate Long John Silver with his parrot on his shoulder
Long John Silver with his parrot on his shoulder Date: First published: 1883

Theatre Villains, The Smuggler, Ideal and Real Date: 1863

Daily Mirror - loss of the Lusitania, WW1
The Daily Mirror breaking the news of Lusitania's demise, 8 May 1915, Torpedoed by German Pirate. Date: 1915

The resting place of Sir Arthur Sullivan (Maybe 1842- November 1900) at St Pauls Cathedral. Service was in in the chapel Royal, St James

Pirate Raid
Artwork that seems to show the raiding of pirates or smugglers at the cost of honest tradesmen. Date: circa 1928

Caricature illustration, Pastimes in Purgatory: Golf, by Dudley Tennant. Showing bewildered golfer in tartan, with bent golf club, and pirate flag in hole above

A PIRATE'S GRAVE
A grim reminder of the past - Skull and Crossbones on a headstone in the churchyard at Bamburgh, Northumberland, England, a pirate's grave. Date: 1950s

Siege of Porto Bello
The Spanish governor of Porto Bello, Panama, dies heroically, trying to defend the town against Morgan's buccaneers Date: 1668

Sogn, Norway, fishing boats
Vintage 19th century photograph: Sogn, Norway, fishing boats. Axel Lindahl studio

Scene from J. M. Barries Peter Pan at the Duke of Yorks Theatre in 1905
Scene from J.M. Barries Peter Pan at the Duke of Yorks Theatre in 1905, showing Peter saving his band from the pirates,

Cartoon, Steering Under Difficulties (Disraeli, Gladstone)
Cartoon, Steering Under Difficulties -- a satirical comment on Disraelis reaction to Gladstones Irish Church Suspensory Bill

Balloon plant, Cardiospermum halicacabum, and goosefoot, Chenopodium species. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Poison gooseberry, Withania somnifera, and bladder cherry, Physalis alkekengi. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Balsam apple female, Momordica balsamina, and deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt

Purple foxglove, Digitalis purpurea altera, and mandrake, Mandragora officinarum. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt

Yellow foxglove, Digitalis lutea, and common foxglove, Digitalis purpurea. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Long-beaked storks bill and ragwort
Long-beaked storks bill, Erodium botrys, and bitterweed or ragwort, Ambrosia artemisiaefolia. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal

Sea holly, Eryngium minus, and hogs fennel, Peucedanum officinale. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Rest harrow, Ononis repens, and sea holly, Eryngium species. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Globe artichoke, Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus, and wild thistle, Carduus sylvestris. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal

Milk thistle, Silybum marianum, and globe artichoke, Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal

Milk thistle, Silybum marianum, and Scotch thistle, Onopordum acanthium. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Cow parsnip, Heracleum sphondylium, and creeping thistle, Cirsium arvense. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

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