The hidden treasure of Anne Bonny and Mary Read
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Beware me fellow pirates, stealth is an absolute must. Time to use your master pirating skills and plunder this treasure with out being seen, this is the only reason for the difficulty rating. If the muggles get suspicious me treasure might get muggled!
Ahoy me mateys!
Beware pirates, muggles are on the loose!
Once at GZ, dock ye vessel as close to GZ as possible to avoid too much suspicion and add extra cover.
Beware! Ye must beat all the Muggles before they find the treasure and steal it from us all!
One little hint for any hunting pirates out there, any good pirate must get their hands dirty when digging for treasure.
(Just to add a little fun, Choose a Pirate name or names for your log entries here, For example, I am the infamous Captain Anne Bonny and with her mate Ol' Skull 'n Bones.)
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A little history for me fellow Pirates....
The Pirates: Anne Bonny and Mary Read
Early life
Much of what is known about Anne Bonny is based on Captain Charles Johnson's A General History of the Pyrates. Official records and contemporary letters dealing with her life are scarce. Most details about her life prior to her arrival in the Bahamas do not appear to be based on any primary source evidence, including the claims that she was born in 1698 in County Cork, Ireland; that she was a daughter of attorney William Cormac and his maidservant; that her mother was named Mary Brennan and her grandmother was named Peg; and that, when the affair became public, Cormac moved to Charleston, South Carolina where he made a fortune and bought a large plantation. Diligent efforts to source all of these claims continue in earnest by pirate historians.
Life as a pirate
Bonny did not disguise herself as a man in order to join Rackham's crew aboard the Revenge as is often claimed. In fact, she and Mary Read helped Rackham steal the sloop at anchor in Nassau harbour and set off to sea, putting together a crew and taking several prizes. She took part in combat alongside the men, and the accounts describing her exploits present her as competent, effective in combat, and someone who gained the respect of her fellow pirates. She and Mary Read's name and gender were, however, known to all from the start, including Gov. Rogers, who named them in a "pirates wanted" circular published in the continent's only newspaper, the Boston News-Letter..[3]
Over the next several months, she and Rackham saw several successes as pirates, capturing many ships and bringing in an abundance of treasure.
Although Bonny is one of the best-known pirates in history, she never commanded a ship of her own. Her renown derives from the fact that she was a rarity: a female pirate.
Capture and imprisonment
In October 1720, Rackham and his crew were attacked by a sloop captained by Jonathan Barnet, who was working for the governor of Jamaica. Most of Rackham's pirates did not put up much resistance as many of them were too drunk to fight. However, Read and Bonny, who were sober, fought fiercely and managed to hold off Barnet's troops for a short time. After their capture, Rackham and his crew were sentenced by the Governor of Jamaica to be hanged. Bonny is reported to have chastised the imprisoned Rackham by saying, "I am sorry to see you here Jack, but if you had fought like a man, you need not be hanged like a dog."
After their arrest and trial, Read and Bonny both pleaded their bellies, announcing during the sentencing phase that they were both pregnant. In accordance with English common law, both women received a temporary stay of execution until they gave birth. Read died in prison, most likely from a fever, though it has been alleged that she died during childbirth.[4]
Disappearance from the record
There is no historical record of Bonny's release or of her execution. This has fed speculation that her father ransomed her; that she might have returned to her husband, or even that she resumed a life of piracy under a new identity. However, the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography states that "Evidence provided by the descendants of Anne Bonny suggests that her father managed to secure her release from jail and bring her back to Charles Town, South Carolina, where she gave birth to Rackham's second child. On December 21, 1721 she married a local man, Joseph Burleigh, and they had eight children. She died in South Carolina, a respectable woman, at the age of eighty-two and was buried on April 25, 1782. This however is a complete supposition[5]
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