Region
Bahamas
4 pirates in the codex documented as operating here.
The Bahamian island of New Providence, and specifically the harbour town of Nassau, served as the de facto pirate republic of the Golden Age between roughly 1706 and 1718. The Spanish-French raid that destroyed the English settlement in 1703 left the harbour ungoverned, and successive captains — Benjamin Hornigold, Henry Jennings, Charles Vane, Edward Teach, and others — used it as a refuge, refitting yard, and prize court. The arrival of Woodes Rogers as royal governor in 1718, with a printed offer of pardon and the willingness to hang those who refused, ended the haven within months.
Pirates of this region
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Benjamin Hornigold
c. 1680 – 1719English pirate captain operating from New Providence in the Bahamas 1713–1718; Edward Teach's first captain; accepted the King's pardon in 1718 and served thereafter as a pirate-hunter under Governor Woodes Rogers until his disappearance in 1719.
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Anne Bonny
c. 1697 – after October 1720 (further dates disputed)Irish-born pirate active with John "Calico Jack" Rackham’s small Caribbean crew in 1720; one of two women, with Mary Read, convicted of piracy at the Spanish Town trials of November 1720.
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Mary Read
c. 1685 – April 1721English-born pirate active aboard John Rackham's sloop William in 1720; one of two women, with Anne Bonny, convicted of piracy at the Spanish Town trials.
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John "Calico Jack" Rackham
c. 1682 – 18 November 1720English pirate active in the Caribbean 1718–1720; quartermaster turned captain who commanded the sloop William through a short career of small prizes; remembered chiefly for sailing with Anne Bonny and Mary Read and for the flag design that bears his name.
