Walk the Plank! Or not… Why the Plank is but a popular myth
Many of the popular myths about pirates and piracy came about thanks to Robert Louis Stevensons’ Treasure Island and the media’s fascination with all…
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The Lowdown on Pirates
It’s very easy to romanticize or idealize the life of a pirate; films such as “the Pirates of the Caribbean” make it almost unavoidable,…
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Pirate Facts or Fiction
Most of what we know about pirates has been passed down to us through literature, scraps of historical records, art and (more recently) movies….
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Greatest Pirate Books
With so much obsession with pirates and tales of treasure, you would think that the canons of literature were packed with top pirate books….
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Battle Tactics on a Pirate Ship
In order to be a pirate throughout history, you needed to know more than just how to sail a pirate ship and drink rum….
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Femme-Fatales – Women Who Became Pirates to Avoid Marriage
Historically, working class women had very few choices: marriage, prostitution, life in a convent or hard labour in farms and cities. In fact, unless…
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The Greatest Pirate Strongholds
History’s most fearsome buccaneers often made their stopovers in safe harbors around the Caribbean, the coasts of Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico. They…
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5 Most Terrifying Pirates Ever
History is packed full of accounts of terrifying pirates, but which are the most scary. Take a look at this list of the 5…
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