<P> The gallery below showing pirate flags in use from 1693 (Thomas Tew's) to 1724 (Edward Low's) appears in multiple extant works on the history of piracy . All the secondary sources cited in the gallery below are in agreement except as to the background color of Every's flag . </P> <Ul> <Li> <P> A pirate flag used by Edward Low . </P> </Li> <Li> <P> A pirate flag often called the "Jolly Roger ." This flag may be incorrectly attributed to Blackbeard . Similar to flags reportedly flown by Edward Lowe and Francis Spriggs . </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Although referred to as "John Quelch" flag, in fact it is closer to the description of Pirate flag of John Phillips . </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Walter Kennedy's Jolly Roger ensign (which was identical to the flag of Jean Thomas Dulaien). </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Bartholomew Roberts' first flag shows him and Death holding an hourglass . </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Roberts' new flag showed him standing on two skulls, representing "a Barbadian's head" (ABH) and "a Martinican's head" (AMH) - two islands against whom he held a grudge . </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Jacquotte Delahaye's ("Back From the Dead Red") flag </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Jolly Roger flown by Calico Jack Rackham . </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Flag flown by "Black Sam" Bellamy and Edward England's mainmast flag . Also, more likely flown by Blackbeard . </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Traditional depiction of Stede Bonnet's flag . </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Flag of pirate Christopher Condent . </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Popular version of Henry Every's Jolly Roger . Reportedly, Every also flew a version with a black background . </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Black version of Henry Every Flag . </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Flag of Christopher Moody . </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Possible flag of Thomas Tew . </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Richard Worley's flag . </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Emanuel Wynn's flag . </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Other flag of Jean Thomas Dulaien . </P> </Li> </Ul> <Li> <P> A pirate flag used by Edward Low . </P> </Li> <P> A pirate flag used by Edward Low . </P>

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