Pirate emmanuel wynne biography

Emanuel Wynne or Wynn was a French pirate who.
Emanuel Wynn (fl.
Emanuel Wynn was probably the first pirate to fly a Jolly Roger.

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Emanuel Wynn

17th-century French pirate

Emanuel Wynn^[a] (fl. 1700) was a French pirate of the 17th century who is often considered the first pirate to fly the Jolly Roger.

History

British Admiralty Records, in the Public Records Office in the UK show, in a report dated 18 July 1700, that HMS Poole, a 32-gun fifth-ratefrigate^[1] commanded by Captain John Cranby, engaged Wynn's ship off the Cape Verde islands. Cranby chased Wynn into a cove at Brava Island^[b] where Wynn was able to hold out. Cranby enlisted the assistance of Portuguese soldiers, but thanks to their delay in attacking, Wynn slipped out of the harbor and escaped.^[2]

Wynn's Jolly Roger Flag

Most historians agree that Cranby's journal is the first witness account of a black Jolly Roger used aboard ship,^[3] which Cranby described as "a sable ensign with cross bones, a death's head, and an hour glass" (the quotation is from Earle, Pirate Wars, p. 154) or "A Sable Flag with a White Death's Head and Crossed Bones in the Fly."^[4]

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The first time it was seen was in 1700, by the captain of Her Majesty's Ship, which was attacked off the coast of Santiago, Cuba, by a French pirate named Emmanuel Wynne. The pirate ship displayed a black flag with a white skull, two crossbones and a sand glass, symbol of the little time remaining to the adversary to decide either to fight or surrender; or meaning that life is fleeting like sand. The skull and crossbones are the death symbol which was used by a few European armies during the XV century, before the pirates reused the idea.
The Jolly Roger expression, which designs the black flag by Anglo-Saxons sailors, is probably of French origin. Historians think that French buccaneers and pirates of the Caribbean Sea used to call their red flag « Joli rouge » with a lot of emphasize on the "e" of the word "rouge". This expression, used by Anglophones would have been deformed to "Jolly Roger", which would have been kept for the pirate's black flag. Some pirated hoisted this flag to persuade a pursued ship to surrender without fighting. If the ship refused to stop, the
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Flag Attributed to Wynne

Captain Emanuel Wynne

Emanuel Wynne or Wynn was a French pirate who began his piratical career by raiding English merchantmen off the coast of the Province of Carolina near the end of the 17th century. He later moved to the more profitable waters of the Caribbean, attacking both English and Spanish ships. On July 18, 1700 the HMS Poole, a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate commanded by Captain John Cranby, engaged Wynne's ship off the Cape Verde islands. Cranby chased Wynne into a cove at Brava Island where Wynne was able to avoid capture. Cranby then enlisted the assistance of Portuguese soldiers, but because of their delay in attacking, Wynne was able to sail out of danger and escape.

Most historians agree that Cranby's detailed account of this encounter is the first mention of a 'Jolly Roger' being flown by a pirate, which Cranby described as "A sable ensign with cross bones, a death's head, and an hour glass" or "A Sable Flag with a White Death's Head and Crossed Bones in the Fly." Wynne is often con