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The Real Jack Sparrow
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| Photo Information |
Copyright: Bima Aryasena (yasin)
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| Genre: People |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2008-05-24 |
| Categories: Humorous, Macro |
| Camera: Canon Digital IXUS 80 IS |
| Exposure: f/2.8, 1/15 seconds |
| More Photo Info: [view] |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2008-06-06 2:44 |
| Viewed: 559 |
| Points: 6 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
He would have eaten The Pirates for breakfast!
The Pirate
His name was Bartholomew Roberts. The most successful raider in the history of piracy, he took prisoner an astounding 470 vessels, and so renowned was his ferocity that many of those ships were surrendered to him without a fight.
Roberts was said to have been reluctant to be forced into piracy - but he soon saw the point of it.
A contemporary quotes Roberts as saying: "In an honest service, there is thin victuals, low wages and hard labour. In this, plenty and satiety, pleasure and ease, liberty and power... |
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