Anne Bonny

Description

Anne Bonny

Anne Bonny was an Irish pirate operating in the Caribbean, and one of a few female pirates in recorded history. What little that is known of her life comes largely from Captain Charles ‘Johnson’s A General History of the Pyrates.’

Bonny was born in Ireland around 1700 and moved to London and then to the Province of Carolina when she was about 10 years old. In 1718 she married sailor John Bonny, assumed his last name, and moved with him to Nassau in the Bahamas, a sanctuary for pirates. It was there that she met Calico Jack Rackham and became his pirate partner and lover. She was captured alongside Rackham and Mary Read in October 1720. All three were sentenced to death, but Bonny and Read had their executions stayed because both were pregnant. Read died of a fever in jail in April 1721 (likely due to complications from the pregnancy), but Bonny’s fate is unknown.

One fine scale, 28mm miniature, exquisitely sculpted by Iain Lovecraft and available now as a traditionally cast metal collectors / gaming miniature.

Complete with 28mm round MDF base.