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piracy: Quick Facts

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Infographic titled Pirates Throughout History showing a world map with highlighted regions of major pirate activity and a timeline of significant piracy events from ancient times to the 2010s, including notable pirates and key historical moments.
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Key People

The Gentleman Pirate
Stede Bonnet
British aristocrat and pirate
Zheng Chenggong
Zheng Chenggong
Chinese pirate
Mary Read
Mary Read
English pirate
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Anne Bonny
Irish American pirate
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William Kidd
English pirate
Blackbeard
Blackbeard
English pirate
Barbarossa
Barbarossa
Ottoman admiral
Avery, John
John Avery
British pirate
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Zheng Zhilong
Chinese pirate
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Bartholomew Roberts
Welsh pirate
Rollo
Rollo
duke of Normandy
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Fujiwara Sumitomo
Japanese pirate

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