Category Archives: Pirates
RANGER’s flag saluted by La Motte Piquet’s squadron at Quiberon Bay, Feb.14, 1778
Sloop PROVIDENCE, John Paul Jones pursued by HM frigate SOLEBY and firing a swivel canon
Sloop Providence, John Paul Jones, chasing a Halifax schooner on the Grand Banks
Drake’s Golden Hynde captures “Cacafuego” (Nuestra Señora de la Conception), March 1, 1579
Captain Kidd’s body on display at Tilbury Point on the Thames, 1701
The commodore, John Paul Jones, on his quarterdeck ready for action.
A social evening at anchor in Sam Bellamy’s cabin.
Black Bart’s last action, “Royal Fortune” versus “Swallow” Feb.10, 1722.
“Nuestra Señora de la Encarnation” engaged by “Duke” off Cabo St. Lucas, December 22, 1709
Brig Pilgrim chased by pirates
Pirates On The Attack
Pirate Queen of Ireland
Alfred and Providence – John Paul Jones
The Ships of John Paul Jones
Poster for The Ships of John Paul Jones, paintings and drawings by William Gilkerson. Exhibit in 1987-88
See more...The Captain and Jim Hawkins aboard Merry Adventure
The artist’s original suggestion for the cover of “Pirate’s Passage”. A scene from the voyage from Grey Rocks to Boston.
See more...Henry Morgan’s buccaneer fleet bound for the Isthmus of Panama, December 1670
The Caribbean Sea, Spanish Main, Adjacent Waters chart of 1690
Old fashioned chart of the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic printed from an aquarelle as depicted in William Gilkerson’s book … See more…
Buccaniers on Hispaniola c. 1660
Print from an aquarelle depicting the pirates or buccaniers in the Caribbean Sea c.1660. From the book “A Thousand Years of Pirates” by William Gilkerson
See more...Aboard the Marguerite T.
Aquarelle made from a sketch by flashlight from the hatch while retracing Calico Jack Rackham’s route between Nassau and Jamaica … See more…