BARTHOLOMEW SHARPE

Brian H. & Zhao D.

LIFE OVERVIEW

Born in 1650 in most likely England

Died in October of 1702

Was a pirate from only 1679-1682

Is in a book written in 1684-The Dangerous Voyage

And Bold Assaults of Captain Bartholomew Sharp and

Others

SHIP AND CODE OF CONDUCT

Since his pirate career was so short, he did not

develop a solid pirate conduct

Did most of the pirate norms, like he raided but did

not kill unless he had to

FLAG, HIMSELF, AND HIS SHIP

It is unconfirmed but this is what his two flags and himself should look like. It seems that he had a jolly roger of a skeleton drinking with a man.

RELATIONS TO OTHER PIRATES

Sailed between the times of Capt. Morgan and Capt.

Kidd

1671-he was a young buccaneer in Morgan’s raiding

parties

Sailed with Captains Peter Harris, John Coxon,

Edmund Cook and Richard Sawkins

TROUBLE MAKERS OF…

Mainly the Spanish

In places: South Sea, Panama

LIFE OF A PIRATE

His main voyage was with the other four captains

When two of them died and one left, he became

captain of the flag ship Trinidad

TALES OF CAPT. BART

He sailed with Captain Morgan during Morgan’s

Raid on Panama City

His most memorable adventure was the one he

shared with the other 4 captains

Eventually, he because the general captain of that

group and all the crew under it

CHART STEALER

During his last act of piracy, he raided a Spanish ship called the

El Santo Rosario

With the usual treasures, that particular ship contained a book

with all the secret charts of the Caribbean which were very

accurate and very valuable

Upon returning to England, the Spanish called for his immediate

execution under the Treaty of Madrid, but Charles II pardoned him

considering the fact that Sharp gave him many pieces of eight

and that valuable book

His life as a pirate thus ended there