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José Gaspar, also known by his nickname Gasparilla (supposedly lived c. 1756 – 1821), is a fictional Spanish pirate who terrorized the Gulf of Mexico from his base in southwest Florida during Florida's second Spanish period (1783 to 1821). Though details about his early life, motivations, and piratical exploits differ in various tellings ...
Dread Pirate Roberts. The Dread Pirate Roberts is the identity assumed by several characters in the novel The Princess Bride (1973) and its 1987 film adaptation. [1] Various pirates (including Westley, the main protagonist) take on the role of Roberts and use his reputation to intimidate their opponents, before retiring and secretly passing on ...
Gotha – Kriegsmarine commerce raider, from the Commando Comics story Greedy For Glory. Grossadler – Kriegsmarine battle cruiser, from the Commando Comics story Bright Blade of Courage. Hawksub – Blackhawk. Karaboudjan – Armenian cargo ship in The Adventures of Tintin story The Crab with the Golden Claws.
The Black Pearl is the titular pirate ship that appears in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.Similar to how Jack Sparrow was compared to Han Solo from the Star Wars franchise, the Black Pearl was compared to the Millennium Falcon at least once by James Ward Byrkit, a creative consultant of Gore Verbinski's Pirates trilogy, in the Disney+ series Prop Culture.
Keelhauling ( Dutch kielhalen; [1] "to drag along the keel") is a form of punishment and potential execution once meted out to sailors at sea. The sailor was tied to a line looped beneath the vessel, thrown overboard on one side of the ship, and dragged under the ship's keel, either from one side of the ship to the other, or the length of the ...
Davy Jones' locker is a metaphor for the oceanic abyss, the final resting place of drowned sailors and travellers. It is a euphemism for drowning or shipwrecks in which the sailors' and ships' remains are consigned to the depths of the ocean (to be sent to Davy Jones' Locker ). The origins of the name of Davy Jones, the sailors' devil, are ...
Pirate ships include ships operated by pirates and used for conducting piracy upon the seas, bays, and rivers. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Pirate, trader, and pirate hunter in the Caribbean, best known for his association with Benjamin Hornigold. John Cole (pirate) d. 1718 1718 England Associated with Richard Worley and William Moody. He is known more for the unusual cargo of his pirate ship than for his piracy. Robert Colley: d. 1698 1695–1698 Colonial America