"Captain Bartho. Roberts with two ships, Viz. the Royal Fortune and Ranger, takes in sail in Whydah Road on the coast of Guiney." Engraving by Benjamin Cole, circa 1724. Bartholomew Roberts (1682-1722), born John Roberts, was a Welsh pirate and the most successful pirate of the Golden Age of Piracy, measured by vessels captured. He is shown here with his own ship and some captured merchant ships in the background.