BARTHOLOMEW SHARPE

Brian H. & Zhao D.

LIFE OVERVIEWBorn in 1650 in most likely EnglandDied in October of 1702Was a pirate from only 1679-1682Is 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 conductDid 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. Kidd1671-he was a young buccaneer in Morgan’s raiding partiesSailed with Captains Peter Harris, John Coxon, Edmund Cook and Richard Sawkins

TROUBLE MAKERS OF…Mainly the SpanishIn places: South Sea, Panama

LIFE OF A PIRATEHis main voyage was with the other four captainsWhen two of them died and one left, he became captain of the flag ship Trinidad

TALES OF CAPT. BARTHe sailed with Captain Morgan during Morgan’s Raid on Panama CityHis most memorable adventure was the one he shared with the other 4 captainsEventually, he because the general captain of that group and all the crew under it

CHART STEALERDuring his last act of piracy, he raided a Spanish ship called the El Santo RosarioWith the usual treasures, that particular ship contained a book with all the secret charts of the Caribbean which were very accurate and very valuableUpon 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