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Bartholomew Roberts (17 May 1682 – 10 February 1722), born John Roberts, was a Welsh pirate who was, measured by vessels captured, the most successful pirate of the Golden Age of Piracy. [2] During his piratical career, he took over 400 prize ships, although most were mere fishing boats.
7 Σεπ 2021 · Roberts’ Jolly Roger Flags. Captain Roberts was partial to dressing up for his role as history’s pirate extraordinaire, and he gained fame for wearing bright red silks in battle.
In this work, the name Jolly Roger refers to the flags flown by Welsh pirate Bartholomew Roberts, also known as Black Bart Roberts, and English pirate Francis Spriggs, both of whom flew several variants of the skull-and-crossbones design about the same time as Worley and England.
Roberts took to piracy late, after the age of 37, but he quickly rose to captaincy. He even designed a flag for himself, portraying a giant figure of himself standing, sword in hand, astride two skulls labelled A.B.H. (“a Barbadian’s head”) and A.M.H. (“a Martinican’s head”).
Upon entering the Basse Terra Road, Bartholomew Roberts raised all of his pirate flags and ordered the drummers and trumpeters to play. Upon the sight of Roberts and his fleet blockading the port, all the ships in the harbor struck their flags and surrendered.
21 Ιουλ 2019 · Roberts' Flags . Four flags are associated with Roberts. According to Johnson, when Roberts sailed to Africa, he had a black flag bearing a skeleton, representing death, that held an hourglass in one hand and crossbones in the other. Nearby were a spear and three drops of blood.
Roberts had become a serious threat to the British trading companies and as such pirate hunters were pursuing him. On February 5th, a British man-of-war, the "Swallow" captained by Challoner Ogle caught up with Roberts near Cape Lopez in Gabon.
