Golden Age of Piracy

Pirate Geography

• Using page 772-773 in the Textbook describe or list three areas or nearby countries of the world where you might expect to find pirates.

MAP 1:The above is a map of trade from the 1800s.• 1. How well does it match where you expected to

find pirates? Well or not well?

MAP 2: The above is a map of trade from the 1990s.• 2. How well does it match where you expected to

find pirates? Well or not well?

Final Questions

• 3. Which map (MAP 1 or MAP 2 or NEITHER) best matched your expectations of piracy?

• 4. What is the relationship between pirates and trade routes?

Pirate Biography Analysis

1. Stede Bonnet• Nickname: “Gentleman Pirate”• Name of Ship: Revenge• Exploits: Bought his way into piracy; friend of

Blackbeard• Places/Countries Traveled: Virginia/Carolinas• Where/How died: Charleston, SC; Hung

2. Jack Rackham/Anne Bonny/Mary Read

• Nickname: :Calico Jack”• Name of Ship: Neptune/Curlew• Exploits: Married Ann; • Places/Countries Traveled: Cuba; Jamaica• Where/How died: Port Royal, Jamaica; Hung

3. Bartholmew Roberts• Nickname: “Black Bart”• Name of Ship: “Rover”• Exploits: Captured over 400 ships• Places/Countries Traveled:

Caribbean/Canada/Africa• Where/How died: Coast of Africa; in battle

4. Edward Teach• Nickname: Blackbeard• Name of Ship: Queen Annes Revenge• Exploits: Despised pirate• Places/Countries Traveled: Jamaica; North

Carolina• Where/How died: North Carolina; in battle

5. Thomas Tew• Nickname: N/A• Name of Ship: Amnity• Exploits: created pirate colony• Places/Countries Traveled: Red Sea/Africa• Where/How died: Red Sea/in battle

6. Captain William Kidd• Nickname: Captain Kidd• Name of Ship: Adventure Galley• Exploits: Took Quedagh Merchant • Places/Countries Traveled: Madagascar, New

York• Where/How died: England; Hung

7. Sir Francis Drake• Nickname: None• Name of Ship: Pelican (Golden Hind)• Exploits: Attacked Spanish Ships; First

Englishman to sail around the world• Places/Countries Traveled: Java, Cape of Good

Hope; Carolinas• Where/How died: Panama; Dysentery

Complete Questions

• 1. Motive, traveled, names of ships• 2. caught and killed; steal ships; nicknames• 3. POS: Dont discriminate; get gold• NEG: Death • 4.