HERE'S more about Bartholomew Roberts: Born John Roberts, in Pembrokeshire, |Wales, in 1682, Roberts is regarded as the most successful pirate of the Golden Age of Piracy (1650-1730).

It is when Blackbeard, Bartholomew Roberts, Jack Rackam--not to mention Ann Bonny and Mary Read--and others became famous, but also met their ends.

* Black Bart Bartholomew Roberts, from Little Newcastle, Pembrokeshire, terrorised sailors from the West Indies to the coast of Africa through the early 1700s.

Bartholomew Roberts like this: "How indeed Roberts could think that an Oath would be obligatory, where Defiance had been given to the Laws of God and Man, I can't tell." Johnson then answers his own question: "He thought their greatest Security lay in this, That it was every one's Interest to observe them if they were minded to keep up so abominable a Combination."

Bartholomew Roberts, 'Black Bart' as he became known, was born in 1682.

It was around 15 years ago and I was visiting a sea life centre in West Wales with my children when I saw an old blue plaque showing the birthplace of Bart Ddu (Bartholomew Roberts) and I was intrigued.

Among the four most prominent two -Sir Henry Morgan from Monmouth and Bartholomew Roberts (Barti Ddu or Black Bart)from Pembrokeshire -were Welsh.

The Welsh pirate Bartholomew Roberts, who was killed at sea in 1722, insisted on no smoking below decks, no gambling, no women and no drinking.

By contrast, one of Wales' best-known seafarers was also one of its most brutal - the legendary Bartholomew Roberts from Pembrokeshire.

They included: Black Bart Born John Bartholomew Roberts near Fishguard in 1682, he terrorised shipping in the Caribbean for years on his ship The Royal Fortune.

It seems that Welshman Bartholomew Roberts, or Black Bart as he was known, could have been the inspiration for Pirates of the Caribbeans loveable anti-hero Jack Sparrow.

Bartholomew Roberts was raised in a Welsh Baptist family.

Intrigued (like many young boys) by pirate stories in his youth, Sanders became aware of Bartholomew Roberts and his pirate comrades while living and working in Colombia - there was hardly a port in the Caribbean or Atlantic that escaped the attention of pirates in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Jolly Roger The famous skull and crossbones flag can be traced back to Pembrokeshire pirate Bartholomew Roberts, otherwise known as Black Barti.

It was in this way Bartholomew Roberts, also known as Barti Ddu - who some believe was the first to fly the Jolly Roger flag - embarked on his career in piracy.