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Read Mary
(c.1690—1721)

Mary Read was an English pirate. She was born in London to the widow of a sea captain. When Mary's older brother, the legitimate child in the family, died, Mary's mother began to disguise her as a boy, so as not to lose the financial support the child received from his paternal grandmother. The grandmother was apparently fooled, and Read and her... More...

Grenada, 1970, Mary Red

Guinea Bissau, 2009, Pirates

Jamaica, 1971, Mary Read, Anne Bonny and trial pamphlet

Turks & Caicos, 1985, Mary Read and Anne Bonney

Virgin Islands, 1970, Mary Read