vcczar Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 The 20 Highest-Earning Pirates Pirate Wealth (2008 dollars) Samuel "Black Sam" Bellamy $120 million Sir Francis Drake $115 million Thomas Tew $103 million John Bowen $40 million Bartholomew "Black Bart" Roberts $32 million Jean Fleury $31.5 million Thomas White $16 million John Halsey $13 million Harry Morgan $13 million Edward "Blackbeard" Teach $12.5 million Samuel Burgess $9.5 million Edward England $8 million Francois le Clerc $7.5 million Howell Davis $4.5 million Stede Bonnet $4.5 million Richard Worley $3.5 million Charles Vane $2.3 million Edward Low $1.8 million John Rackam $1.5 million James Martel $1.5 million Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10centjimmy Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 Here's an interesting look at Professional Piracy facts and figures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted June 15, 2022 Author Share Posted June 15, 2022 38 minutes ago, Patine said: Why are only pirates on the Caribbean Spanish Main here? What about the Illyrian Pirates who so plagued the Roman Republic (and Pompeii first became reputable by dealing with), or the Japanese Waku who plagued the coasts of their own nation, and Korea and China, in the Medieval Period, or the Dacoit Pirate Culture in the East Indies and the coastal parts of Thailand, Myanmar, and South Asia, or the Barbary Corsairs of North Africa, fought with by several European navies, and even the U.S.' first two naval victories off of it's own shores, and ended with Charles X of France leading an out outright invasion and annexation of Algeria (something that France would come to rue in the 1950's), or even the Somali Pirates of today? Might be harder to establish the figures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10centjimmy Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 39 minutes ago, Patine said: Why are only pirates on the Caribbean Spanish Main here? What about the Illyrian Pirates who so plagued the Roman Republic (and Pompeii first became reputable by dealing with), or the Japanese Waku who plagued the coasts of their own nation, and Korea and China, in the Medieval Period, or the Dacoit Pirate Culture in the East Indies and the coastal parts of Thailand, Myanmar, and South Asia, or the Barbary Corsairs of North Africa, fought with by several European navies, and even the U.S.' first two naval victories off of it's own shores, and ended with Charles X of France leading an out outright invasion and annexation of Algeria (something that France would come to rue in the 1950's), or even the Somali Pirates of today? Could be they have the amounts paid to privateers by Britain, and is easier to compare to modern inflation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilight Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 I know Andrew McCutcheon made over $50M as a Pirate 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rezi Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 do what you want cause a pirarte is free you are a piratet yarr harr fiddle dee dee do what you want cause a iprates is free do wat you want cause a pirate is free you are a pirate yarr har ahoy and avast being a aprate is really badass hang the black flag aty tyhre end of the mast you are a pirate 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvikings1 Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 A major omission from the list! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted June 16, 2022 Author Share Posted June 16, 2022 9 minutes ago, Patine said: The top-earning Barbary corsairs, whose wealth, as I've said, is calculatable, should be included. I don't know why you are restating this to me. You already mentioned this. Are you suggesting I modify the list? This isn't my list. It comes from Forbes in 2008. You can feel free to make your own list, however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnewt Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 On 6/16/2022 at 9:45 AM, jvikings1 said: A major omission from the list! The $15 million he just got awarded alone puts him in the middle of the pack 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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