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BARTHOLOMEW SHARPE
Brian H. & Zhao D.
LIFE OVERVIEW
Born in 1650 in most likely England
Died in October of 1702
Was a pirate from only 1679-1682
Is in a book written in 1684-The Dangerous Voyage
And Bold Assaults of Captain Bartholomew Sharp and
Others
SHIP AND CODE OF CONDUCT
Since his pirate career was so short, he did not
develop a solid pirate conduct
Did most of the pirate norms, like he raided but did
not kill unless he had to
FLAG, HIMSELF, AND HIS SHIP
It is unconfirmed but this is what his two flags and himself should look like. It seems that he had a jolly roger of a skeleton drinking with a man.
RELATIONS TO OTHER PIRATES
Sailed between the times of Capt. Morgan and Capt.
Kidd
1671-he was a young buccaneer in Morgan’s raiding
parties
Sailed with Captains Peter Harris, John Coxon,
Edmund Cook and Richard Sawkins
TROUBLE MAKERS OF…
Mainly the Spanish
In places: South Sea, Panama
LIFE OF A PIRATE
His main voyage was with the other four captains
When two of them died and one left, he became
captain of the flag ship Trinidad
TALES OF CAPT. BART
He sailed with Captain Morgan during Morgan’s
Raid on Panama City
His most memorable adventure was the one he
shared with the other 4 captains
Eventually, he because the general captain of that
group and all the crew under it
CHART STEALER
During his last act of piracy, he raided a Spanish ship called the
El Santo Rosario
With the usual treasures, that particular ship contained a book
with all the secret charts of the Caribbean which were very
accurate and very valuable
Upon returning to England, the Spanish called for his immediate
execution under the Treaty of Madrid, but Charles II pardoned him
considering the fact that Sharp gave him many pieces of eight
and that valuable book
His life as a pirate thus ended there