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Bartholomew Roberts

Welsh pirate
Also known as: Black Barty
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Bartholomew Roberts (born 1682?, near Haverfordwest, Wales—died Feb. 10, 1722, at sea off the Guinea coast) was a pirate captain of a succession of ships—the “Royal Rover,” “Fortune,” “Royal Fortune,” and “Good Fortune”—who burned and plundered ships from the coasts of West Africa to the coasts of Brazil and the Caribbean and as far north as Newfoundland. His conquests are said to have included more than 400 vessels and, in terms of sheer numbers, are...

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