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Answer to "Who is the pirate in the Gold Bug?" Captain Kidd
Captain Kidd
It was a skull and crossbones.
his flag was a skull with 2 bones
captain kidd
Jack Bonnet
The pirate in Edgar Allan Poe's story "The Gold Bug" is named Captain Kidd. He buried a treasure that the characters are searching for in the story.
He was a pirate and took ships that he found on the high seas.
William Kidd's nickname was "Captain Kidd." He was a Scottish sailor who became a notorious pirate in the late 17th century.
William kidd the pirate was a pirate then got hung for being a spy
The cast of The Treasure of Captain Kidd - 1913 includes: Edwin Clarke as Modern Lover Bigelow Cooper as Captain Kidd Harry Gripp as Pirate Lover Gladys Hulette as Modern Sweetheart Laura Sawyer as Hannah Richard Tucker
William Kidd became a pirate after being commissioned to attack enemy ships by colonial governments, but he eventually turned to piracy full-time. He operated in the Caribbean and Indian Ocean, seizing numerous ships and accumulating wealth. Despite his initial legitimacy, he was eventually hunted down by authorities and executed in 1701.