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| Bonny,
Anne |
Anne
Bonny ran away at age 16 to marry a small-time pirate, James
Bonny. When that marriage didn't work out <more>... |
| Don Pedro
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Don
Pedro was a feared pirate, but he had a soft side, too.
Once, he and his crew boarded a ship bound for the New World.
It was just off the coast of New Hampshire...<more> |
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| Granuaile |
Granuaile
is Grace O'Malley's nickname in Gaelic. See
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| Lai
Choi San |
Lai
Choi San was a Chinese pirate queen, whose territory was
the waters around the Portuguese colony of Macao in the
1920s and 1930s. She had a reputation for cruelty and intelligence.
Her fate is a mystery. Some people say that her boat was
hit by a Japanese torpedo. Some say that she was captured
and imprisoned for life. Still others say she was captured
and escaped. No one knows.
Lai
Choi San was rumored to be the inspiration behind the Dragon
Lady character in the comic strip, "Terry and the Pirates"
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| O'Malley,
Grace |
Grace
O'Malley was a pirate queen who lived in northwest Ireland
in the 1500s <more>... |
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| Read,
Mary |
Mary
Read was born in London in the mid-to-late 1600s. From the
moment of her birth, she was disguised as a boy <more>.. |
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