The flag most commonly identified as the Jolly Roger today – the skull and crossbones symbol on a black flag – was used during the 1710s by a number of pirate captains, including Black Sam Bellamy, Edward England, and John Taylor.

2020年9月8日 · The solid red or black flag was originally referred to as the Jolly Roger, before the name came to be associated with the skull and crossbones. 1725 woodcut of Stede Bonnet with a Jolly Roger.

2022年8月23日 · With its black and white design featuring a skull and crossbones, the 18th-century pirate flag known as the Jolly Roger signaled that a bloody attack was imminent.

2021年8月18日 · The term 'Jolly Roger' originally referred to any sort of flag raised by pirates and privateers (state-sponsored pirates) and designs certainly varied. The name 'Jolly Roger' has since come to signify one particular type of pirate flag: a black background with a white human skull set above two crossed bones, also in white.

2025年1月17日 · Jolly Roger, flag design used by pirates and privateers to frighten the crews of other ships into submission. The Jolly Roger is most recognizable by its white skull-and-crossbones design on a black background, but the flags of individual pirates also carried other design elements for identification or to communicate specific intentions.

2022年4月14日 · Did you know there are only three remaining original Jolly Roger flags in existence? The first is the Curry flag which is now on display in the National Museum of the Royal Navy in England, the second is in the Aland Maritime Museum in Finland and the third is in the St. Augustine Pirate and Treasure Museum in Florida in the United States.

2024年10月10日 · The Jolly Roger is the traditional flag associated with pirates, typically depicted as a skull and crossbones on a black background. While the image of the Jolly Roger is iconic today, its origins and evolution are rooted in the pirate culture of the 17th and 18th centuries, when piracy was at its height during the Golden Age of Piracy ...

The highly recognizable emblem known as the Jolly Roger that's been associated with pirates for more than 300 years. But where does this distinctive image come from?

2016年11月27日 · In the early 17th century, “Jolly Roger” has been a term used for a cheerful, friendly fellow but it seems like that has nothing to do with the vicious and dangerous pirates and the flags that decorated their ships. So how and when did this term started to identify pirate flags?

2011年9月1日 · Of the Jolly Roger line though, the earliest reference is probably of the skull and crossbones flag used by the Knights Templar, who had the world’s biggest naval fleet in the 13 century and were well known for their pirate-like acts on the sea.