List of pirates

This is a list of known pirates, buccaneers, corsairs, privateers, and others involved in piracy and piracy-related activities. This list includes both captains and prominent crew members. For a list of female pirates, see women in piracy.

"See also:" pirates, wokou, buccaneers, corsairs, and privateers

Ancient World

Age of the Buccaneers: 1650-1690

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Piracy in the twentieth century: 1900-2000

References

Further reading

Ancient World

*Bulwer, Edward Lytton. "Athens, Its Rise and Fall: With Views of the Literature, Philosophy, and Social Life of the Athenian People". New York: Harper & brothers Publishers, 1852.
*Livy, [http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/txt/ah/Livy/ "History of Rome"] , Rev. Canon Roberts (translator), Ernest Rhys (Ed.); (1905) London: J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd.
*Plutarch, "Aratus" in "Plutarch's Lives", Arthur Hugh Clough (editor), John Dryden (translator). Two volumes. Modern Library; Modern Library Paperback Ed edition (April 10, 2001). [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/674 Downloadable version] at Project Gutenberg. Vol. 2: ISBN 0375756779.
*Polybius, [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Plb.+1.1 "Histories"] , Evelyn S. Shuckburgh (translator); London, New York. Macmillan (1889); Reprint Bloomington (1962).
*Pritchett, William Kendrick. "The Greek State at War". Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1974. ISBN 0-520-02565-2
*Rawlinson, George; Benjamin Jowett, Henry Graham Dakyns and Edward James Chinnock. "Greek Historians: The Complete and Unabridged Historical Works of Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon and Arrian". New York: Random House Incorporated, 1942.
*Rogozinski, Jan. "Pirates!: Brigands, Buccaneers, and Privateers in Fact, Fiction, and Legend". New York: Da Capo Press, 1996. ISBN 0-306-80722-X
*Shaw, Philip. "The Sublime". New York: Routledge, 2006. ISBN 0-415-26847-8
*Strabo, [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Strab.+6.1.1 "Geography"] , translated by Horace Leonard Jones; Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. (1924). Books 8-9: ISBN 0-674-99216-4, Books 13-14: ISBN 0-674-99246-6.
*Thirlwall, Connop. "A History of Greece". London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1846.
*Walbank, F. W., "Philip V of Macedon", The University Press (1940).
*Waltari, Mika; "The Etruscan" (Turms kuolematon, 1955).
*Wilkes, John, "The Illyrians (Peoples of Europe)", Blackwell Publishers, (December 1, 1995) ISBN 0-631-19807-5.

Middle Ages

*Bono, Salvatore, "Corsari nel Mediterraneo" ("Corsairs in the Mediterranean"), Oscar Storia Mondadori. Perugia, 1993.
*Bottling, Douglas. "The Pirates". Alexandria, Virginia: Time-Life Books Inc., 1978.
*Bracker, Jörgen : Klaus Störtebeker – only one of them. The history of the Vitalienbrüder. In: Wilfried honour-break (Hrsg.): Störtebeker. 600 years after its death (Hansi studies; Bd. 15). Porta Alba publishing house, Luebeck 2001, ISBN 3-933701-14-7
*Bradford, Ernle, "The Sultan's Admiral: the Life of Barbarossa", London, 1968.
*Currey, E. Hamilton, "Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean,", London, 1910
*John of Fordun, "Chronicle of the Scottish Nation." Edited by William Forbes Skene, translated by Felix J.H. Skene. Reprinted, Llanerch Press, Lampeter, 1993. ISBN 1-897853-05-X
*Knecht, R.J. "Renaissance Warrior and Patron: The Reign of Francis I". New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996. ISBN 0-521-57885-X
*McDonald, R. Andrew "Outlaws of Medieval Scotland: Challenges to the Canmore Kings, 1058–1266. Tuckwell Press, East Linton, 2003. ISBN 1-86232-236-8
* Oram, Richard, "David I: The King who made Scotland." Tempus, Stroud, 2004. ISBN 0-7524-2825-X
*Rogozinski, Jan. "Pirates!: Brigands, Buccaneers, and Privateers in Fact, Fiction, and Legend". New York: Da Capo Press, 1996. ISBN 0-306-80722-X
* William of Newburgh, "Historia rerum anglicarum", Book 1 Ch.24, [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/williamofnewburgh-one.html#24 "Of bishop Wimund, his life unbecoming a bishop, and how he was deprived of his sight"] , Full-text online.
*Wolf, John B., "The Barbary Coast: Algeria under the Turks", New York, 1979; ISBN 0-393-01205-0

Rise of the English Sea Dogs and Dutch Privateer: 1580-1650

*Andrade, Tonio. "The Company's Chinese Pirates: How the Dutch East India Company Tried to Lead a Coalition of Pirates to War Against China, 1621-1662."
*Bicheno, Hugh "Crescent and Cross: The Battle of Lepanto 1571", Phoenix Paperback, 2004, ISBN 1-84212-753-5
*cite book|title=Cuba: 400 Years of Architectural Heritage|author=Rachel Carley|publisher=Watson-Guptill|date=2000|page=224|id=ISBN 0823011283
*cite book|title=Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates|author=David Cordingly|date=1997|publisher=Harvest Books|pages=320|id=ISBN 0156005492
*Currey, E. Hamilton "Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean", London, 1910.
*Earle, Peter. "The Pirate Wars", 2003
*Gerhard, Peter. "Pirates of New Spain, 1575-1742". Mineola, Ny: Courier Dover Publications, 2003. ISBN 0-486-42611-4
*van der Hoven, Marco, ed. "Exercise of Arms: Warfare in the Netherlands, 1568-1648". Brill Academic Publishers, 1997. ISBN 90-04-10727-4
*Hughes-Hallett, Lucy. "Heroes: A History of Hero Worship." Alfred A. Knopf, New York, New York, 2004. ISBN 1-4000-4399-9.
*Kupperman, Karen Ordahl. "Providence Island, 1630-1641: The Other Puritan Colony". Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. ISBN 978-0-521-55835-8
*Lane, Kris E. "Pillaging the Empire: Piracy in the Americas, 1500-1750". Armunk, New York: M.E. Sharpe, 1998. ISBN 0-7656-0257-1
*Manthorpe, Jonathan. "Forbidden Nation: A History of Taiwan". New York, 2005.
*Mattingly, Garett, "The Defeat of the Spanish Armada", ISBN 0-395-08366-4 – a detailed account of the defeat of the Spanish Armada, it received a special citation from the Pulitzer Prize committee in 1960.
*Maxwell, Kenneth. "Naked Tropics: Essays on Empire and Other Rogues". London: Routledge (UK), 2003. ISBN 0-415-94576-3
*Mcgrath, John Terrence. "The French in Early Florida: In the Eye of the Hurricane". Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2000. ISBN 0-8130-1784-X
*Michael, Franz. "The Origin of Manchu Rule in China". Baltimore, 1942. "Journal of World History", 2004 Dec.; 15(4):415-444. [http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/jwh/15.4/andrade.html]
*Miguel de Cervantes, in chapter XXXIX of his classic "El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha", mentions Uluç Ali under the name of "Uchali", describing briefly his rise to the regency of Algiers.
*Rodger, N.A.M. "The Safeguard of the Sea; A Naval History of Britain 660-1649." (London, 1997).
*Roding, Juliette and Lex Heerma van Voss, ed. "The North Sea and Culture (1550-1800)". Larenseweg, Netherlands: Uitgeverij VerLoren, 1996. ISBN 90-6550-527-X
*Rogozinski, Jan. "Pirates!: Brigands, Buccaneers, and Privateers in Fact, Fiction, and Legend". New York: Da Capo Press, 1996. ISBN 0-306-80722-X
*Schmidt, Benjamin. "Innocence Abroad: The Dutch Imagination and the New World, 1570-1670". New York: Cambridge University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-521-80408-6
*Stradling, R.A. "The Armada of Flanders: Spanish Maritime Policy and European War, 1568-1668" (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History). Cambridge University Press, 1992. ISBN 978-0521405348 (issued in paperback 2004, ISBN 978-0521525121)
*Wolf, John B. "The Barbary Coast: Algeria under the Turks", W.W. Norton, New York/London, 1979, ISBN 0-393-01205-0.

Age of the Buccaneers: 1650-1690

* Haring, Clarence. "The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century". Methuen, 1910.
* Walpole, Horace, " [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/4919 Letters, Volume 4] " (at Project Gutenberg)
* Marley, David F. Pirates and Privateers of the Americas. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, Inc., 1994.
* Morris, Mowbray. "Tales of the Spanish Main". Kessinger Publishing, 2005. ISBN 141795373X
* Riccardo Capoferro, "Frontiere del racconto. Letteratura di viaggio e romanzo in Inghilterra, 1690-1750", Meltemi, 2007.
* Rogozinski, Jan. "Pirates!: Brigands, Buccaneers, and Privateers in Fact, Fiction, and Legend". New York: Da Capo Press, 1996. ISBN 0-306-80722-X
* Rogozinski, Jan. "Pirates: an A-Z Encyclopedia". New York: Da Capo Press, 1996.
* The Voyages and Adventures of Capt. Barth. Sharp and Others in the South Sea, Being a Journal of the Same; Also Capt. Van Horn with His Buccanieres Surprizing of La Veracruz; to Which is Added the True Relation of Sir Henry Morgan His Expedition Against the Spaniards in the West-Indies and His Taking Panama; Together with the President of Panama’s [i.e., Juan Perez de Guzman] Account of the Same Expedition, Translated Out of the Spanish; and Col. Beeston’s Adjustment of the Peace Between the Spaniards and English in the West Indies. London: Printed by B.W. for R.H. and S.T. and are to be sold by Walter Davis…, 1684.
*"The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography"

Golden Age of Piracy: 1690-1730

*Andrews, Thomas F. (editor). 1979. "English Privateers at Cabo San Lucas: The Descriptive Accounts of Puerto Seguro by Edward Cooke (1712) and Woodes Rogers (1712), with Added Comments by George Shelvocke (1726) and William Betagh (1728)". Dawson's Book Shop, Los Angeles.
*Bolster, W. Jeffrey – Black Jacks: African American Seamen in the Age of Sail.
*Breverton, Terry (2003) "The book of Welsh pirates and buccaneers". Glyndwr Publishing. ISBN 1-903529-09-3
*Cooke, Edward. 1712. " A Voyage to the South Sea and Round the World". 3 vols. Lintot, London
*Cordingly, David. Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates, 198. ISBN 0-15-600549-2.
*Ellms, Charles. The Pirates Own Book: Authentic Narratives of the Most Celebrated Sea Robbers. Dover Publications 1993 ISBN 0-486-27607-4
*Gilbert, H. (1986). "The Book of Pirates". London: Bracken Books.
*Johnson, Charles. "A General History of the Pyrates, from their First Rise and Settlement in the Island of Providence, to the Present Time...". 2nd ed. London: Printed for, and sold by, T. Warner, 1724.
*Johnson, Charles (1724). "A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates" (1998 ed.). Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 978-0-85177-732-0.
*Johnson, Charles. "The History of the Pirates: containing the lives of Captain Mission…." London: Printed for, and sold by, T. Woodward, 1728.
*Little, Brian. c. 1960. "Crusoe's Captain: Being the Life of Woodes Rogers, Seaman, ader, Colonial Governor". Odhams Press, London
*Menefee, S.P. "Vane, Charles," in "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography," vol. 56 (2004): pp. 94–95.
*Pennell, C. R. "Bandits at Sea: A Pirates Reader". New York: NYU Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8147-6678-1
*Pickering, David. "Pirates". CollinsGem. HarperCollins Publishers, New York, NY. pp 80-82. 2006.
*Rediker, Marcus. "Villains of All Nations: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age". Boston: Beacon Press, 2004. ISBN 0-8070-5024-5
*Rogers, Woodes. 1712. "A Cruising Voyage Round the World". Andrew Bell, London.
*Rogozinski, Jan. "Pirates!: Brigands, Buccaneers, and Privateers in Fact, Fiction, and Legend". New York: Da Capo Press, 1996. ISBN 0-306-80722-X
*Rogozinski, Jan. "Honor Among Thieves: Captain Kidd, Henry Every, and the Pirate Democracy in the Indian Ocean". Stackpole Books, 2000. ISBN 0811715299
*Seitz, Don Carlos, Howard F. Gospel and Stephen Wood. Under the Black Flag: Exploits of the Most Notorious Pirates. Mineola, New York: Courier Dover Publications, 2002. ISBN 0-486-42131-7
*Smith, Captain Alexander. "History of the Highwaymen". London: George Routledge & Sons, 1926. ISBN 0-415-28678-6
*Steele, Philip. "The World of Pirates". Boston: Kingfisher Publications, 2004. ISBN 0-7534-5786-5
* "The Tryals of Major Stede Bonnet, and Other Pirates." London, Printed for Benj. Cowse at the Rose and Crown in St Paul's Church-Yard, 1719.

Decline of Piracy: 1730-1900

*Cordingly, David (1997). "Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates". Harvest Books.
*Gregory, Kristiana. "The Stowaway: A Tale of California Pirates". Scholastic Trade, 1995. ISBN 0-590-48822-8
*Pickering, David. "Pirates". CollinsGem. HarperCollins Publishers, New York, NY. pp-96-97. 2006
*Rothert, Otto A. "The Outlaws of Cave-In-Rock", Otto A. Rothert, Cleveland 1924; rpt. 1996 ISBN 0-8093-2034-7

External links

Ancient World

* [http://www.roman-empire.net/army/leg-fleet.html An article about the Roman Navy, with information on Anicetus] .
* [http://classics.mit.edu/Herodotus/history.6.vi.html Herodotus - The History of Herodotus, with information on Dionysius the Phocaean] .
* [http://pirateshold.buccaneersoft.com/roster/pirate_roster_g.html The Pirates Hold - Entry for Glauketas] .

Middle Ages

* [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9007593 Jean Ango] at [http://www.britannica.com Encyclopædia Britannica.com]
* [http://langenberg-laagland.com/ Genealogy - Pier Gerlofs Donia at Langenberg-Laagland.com] , see [http://langenberg-laagland.com/histories/greatepierhistory.pdf Pier Gerlofs biography, downloadable PDF]
* [http://www.deremilitari.org/resources/articles/ehr.htm An article from the "English Historical Review", vol 27 (1912) gives biographical details of Eustace the Monk.]
* [http://www.corsaridelmediterraneo.it/corsari/d/dragut.html Chronological list of important dates and events in the life of Turgut Reis (Italian)]
* [http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/h/hakluyt/voyages/v05/chapter11.html Agreement on reparations for injuries and damages by vitalians] (made between King Henry IV of England and the Hanseatic League)
* [http://anoutlawsblog.modblog.com/?show=blogview&blog_id=695125 Male Pirates: Klaus Störtebeker] at [http://anoutlawsblog.modblog.com Outlaw Wolf, an Outlaws Blog]
* [http://www.uebersteiger.de/17/ks2.htm Magister Wigbold and the Likedeelers (in German)]
* [http://cistercians.shef.ac.uk/byland/history/app1.php "Heard at Byland: Wimund’s Woes"] from Byland Abbey website, Retrieved Jan. 2005.

Rise of the English Sea Dogs and Dutch Privateer: 1580-1650

* [http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/child/ch167.htm Two variants on the ballad of "Andrew Bartin"] .
* [http://www.vleonica.com/blauvelt.htm Pirate's Cove: Abraham Blauvelt]
*nl icon [http://www.vocsite.nl/geschiedenis/personalia/brouwer.html A short biograpy of Hendrik Brouwer] .
*John D. Neville. [http://www.nps.gov/fora/cavendish.htm "History of Thomas Cavendish"] , Heritage Education Program, US National Park Service.
*Christian Isobel Johnstone (1831). [http://books.google.com/books?vid=05dRzDU3-jxJUcJJ&id=JtkDAAAAQAAJ "Lives and Voyages of Drake, Cavendish, and Dampier"] . Oliver & Boyd. From Google Books.
*Christian Isobel Johnstone (1892). [http://www.archive.org/details/earlyenglishvoya00johniala "Early English voyagers : or, The adventures and discoveries of Drake, Cavendish, and Dampier"] . London: Nelson. From Internet Archive
* [http://www.thepirateking.com/bios/le_clerc_francois.htm Francois Le Clerc] , at Rob Ossian's Pirate Cove
* [http://www.geocities.com/tokyo/garden/5213/collaart.htm Isle of Tortuga: Jacob Collaart]
* [http://www.mcn.org/2/oseeler/drake.htm Oliver Seeler's website "Sir Francis Drake"]
* [http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=34325 Biography of Peter Easton at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
* [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/blackhistory/early_times/adventurers.htm#top An exhibit in the National Archives on John Hawkins] .
* [http://www.timelineindex.com/content/view/1333 A timeline of Piet Hein's life] .
* [http://111george.com/jaymin/granuail.htm Granuaile (Grace O'Malley) story and poem]
* [http://www.geocities.com/tokyo/garden/5213/privatq.htm Privateers and Pirates: James Riskinner]
* [http://www.vleonica.com/ward.htm Captain John Ward at vleonica.com]

Age of the Buccaneers: 1650-1690

* [http://www.theotherside.co.uk/tm-heritage/background/jean-bart.htm Jean Bart (English)]
* [http://www.oricom.ca/yarl/B/B.html Un dictionnaire biographique de la flibuste (1648-1688), Biographies - B] fr icon
* [http://www.kipar.org/piratical-resources/pirate-fame.html#Edward%20Collier Famous Historical Pirates - Edward Collier]
* [http://www.thepirateking.com/bios/coxon_john.htm John Coxon] at [http://www.thepirateking.com/ The Pirate King]
*
** gutenberg|no=15675|name=A Voyage to New Holland
** gutenberg|no=15685|name=A Continuation of a Voyage to New Holland
* [http://www.athelstane.co.uk/kingston/voyagers/vyage21.htm Notable Voyagers, W.H.G. Kingston and Henry Frith] - Chapter XXI: Voyages and adventures of William Dampier — from A.D. 1674

Golden Age of Piracy: 1690-1730

* [http://www.geocities.com/captcutlass/bio/anstis.html Brethren of the Coast: Captain Thomas Anstis]
* [http://www.thewayofthepirates.com/famous-pirates/bartholomew-roberts.php Biography of Bartholomew Roberts]
* [http://www.thepirateking.com/bios/booth_george.htm The Pirate Cove! - George Booth]
* [http://www.vleonica.com/bowen.htm Account of John Bowen's life] by V'léOnica Roberts
* [http://www.nationalgeographic.com/whydah/print_pirates.html National Geographic, "Capt. Samuel Bellamy, Rogue Romeo"]
* [http://www.piratesinfo.com/biography/biography.php?article_id=31 A Biography of Stede Bonnet]
* [http://www.thewayofthepirates.com/famous-pirates/anne-bonny.php Anne Bonny] at [http://www.thewayofthepirates.com/ TheWayofthePirates.com]
* [http://www.thepirateking.com/bios/condent_christopher.htm Christopher Condent] at "Rob Ossian's" [http://www.thepirateking.com Pirate Cove!]
* [http://ageofpirates.com/article.php?Howell_Davis Pirate Encyclopedia: Howell Davis]
* [http://www.vleonica.com/england.htm Edward England section on V'lé Onica's "Pirate Cove" website]
* [http://pirateshold.buccaneersoft.com/roster/william_fly.html Pirates hold: William Fly]
* [http://www.thepirateking.com/bios/halsey_john.htm The Pirate Cove! - John Halsey]
* [http://www.xpertia.com/home.asp?tip=usu&id=5&item=pregunta&id_item=81560&idr=67767 Biography of Miguel Henríquez]
* [http://www.thewayofthepirates.com/famous-pirates/benjamin-hornigold.php Benjamin Hornigold] at [http://www.thewayofthepirates.com/ TheWayofthePirates.com]
* [http://ageofpirates.com/article.php?Benjamin_Hornigold Benjamin Hornigold] at [http://ageofpirates.com AgeofPirates.com]
* [http://www.vleonica.com/howard.htm Entry for Thomas Howard on www.vleonica.com]

Decline of Piracy: 1730-1900

* [http://www.militarymuseum.org/deBouchard.html The California State Military Museum - Spanish and Mexican California: Hippolyte de Bouchard and His Attacks on the California Missions]
* [http://www.mchsmuseum.com/bouchard.html Hipólito (Hypolite) Bouchard and the Raid of 1818] article at the Monterey County Historical Society official website – URL accessed on December 2, 2005.
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20011030171948/http://americanhistory.si.edu/vidal/history.htm American Museum of Natural History - Spanish Colonial History]
* [http://www.gasparillapiratefest.com/ Gasparilla Pirate Festival]
* [http://www.josegaspar.net/index2.htm José Gaspar site]
* [http://www.treasurelore.com/florida/gasparilla.htm Bradlee's account of Gasparilla and the Story of Juan Gomez]
* [http://www.reese.org/duneroller/content/treasure/buried_treasure/charles_gibbs_treasure.htm Charles Gibbs Treasure]
* [http://www.thepirateking.com/bios/gibbs_charles.htm Charles Gibbs] at "Rob Ossian's" [http://www.thepirateking.com/ Pirate Cove!]
* [http://ageofpirates.com/article.php?Don_Pedro_Gibert Don Pedro Gilbert] at [http://ageofpirates.com Age of Pirates.com]
* [http://www.sonofthesouth.net/slavery/slave-trader.htm "The Execution of Gordon, The Slave-Trader"] , "Harper's Weekly", March 8, 1862.
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20041115224136/http://www.letterscivilwar.com/12-7-61-slave_captain.html "Slave Captain to be Hanged"] , "Worcester Aegis and Transcript", December 7, 1861, p 1. (From "Letters of the Civil War" (website), archived at Wayback Machine, November 15, 2004.)
* [http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2003/hc05.htm Australian Broadcasting Commission, 22 September 2003, transcript of television program on Jorgen Jorgenson]
* [http://www.sarahbakewell.com/English%20Dane.html A biography of Jørgensen]
* [http://www.chartiers.com/raybell/1995-mason.html Bell Anthology - Samuel Mason]
* [http://www.lib.niu.edu/ipo/2001/ihy010238.html Samuel Mason at Cave-in-Rock]
* [http://pirateshold.buccaneersoft.com/roster/cheng_i_soa.html Ching Shih at the Pirate's Hold]
* [http://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/touring/hkiidistricts/ta_dist_isla3.jhtml Cheung Po Tsai Cave at discoverhongkong.com]

Piracy in the twentieth century

* [http://www.eco-action.org/dt/beerswil.html The Politics of Extinction]
* [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/11/05/071105fa_fact_khatchadourian Detailed profile of Paul Watson by Raffi Khatchadourian, from The New Yorker, November 5, 2007]