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Updated: 15 Mar 2021, 21:01 Invalid Date, WIELDING a long sabre, a wild-eyed Charles Vane cuts a deep gash in his own nose before threatening to sever the manhood of the Spanish hostage tied up in front of him. The shocking scene, from the new Netflix series The Lost Pirate Kingdom, shows the brutality of life on the high seas in the golden age of piracy. 16 Charles Vane, played by Tom Padley, in a dramatic scene from the documentaryCredit: Netflix The eight part documentary series with dramatic reenactments, reveals how the 18th century privateers - seamen paid by the state to raid enemy ships in the war between England and Spain - became lawless pirates in peacetime. ....
Radio Exe Little support for Burgh Island pirates By Daniel Clark, local democracy reporter 13 objections to statue Objections have been raised against plans for a statue of two real-life female ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean’ overs fears it would glamorise violent criminals who contributed nothing to the local heritage. Plans were announced last month for 2.4 metre tall sculptures of two of Britain’s forgotten pirates, Anny Bonny and Mary Read, to be installed at Burgh Island. The pair wreaked havoc throughout the Caribbean in the early 1700s. Some historians have claimed the women became lovers, while others suggest they formed a three-way relationship with Anne’s husband, the English pirate captain Jack Rackham – more commonly known as Calico Jack. ....
Statue of pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read is proposed at Burgh Island, Devon Locals have argued tributes to the pilchard industry would be more appropriate Other residents suggested a statue of a fisherman s wife would be more fitting Bigbury Parish Council had 13 objections and voted unanimously against statue Anne Bonny and Mary Read were infamous pirates hanged in the Caribbean ....