Anne Bonny (8 March 1702 – 22 April 1782) was an Irish woman who became a famous female pirate, operating in the Caribbean. What little is known of her life comes largely from A General History of the Pyrates.
Read more about Anne Bonny: Early Life, Rackham's Mistress, Capture and Imprisonment, Disappearance
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