Famous Buccaneer Blaggards

Tradition was that pirates believed that it was bad luck to even let a woman aboard their ship.  However, there were female pirates that…

Sea monster stories have always captured our interest and piqued our imagination for centuries. Whether they were real or just legends, people from across…

Ever wondered what words or phrases pirates used? Here are some of the most common Pirate phrases or slang words used during the height…

Did you know that pirates had various forms of “handshake deals” that governed everything from employment issues to job conduct and payments, and share…

Are you curious about what clothing pirates wore during their hay day? A standard image that comes to mind is a man wearing a…

Piracy is the act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area, typically in an…

The notorious Blackbeard, whose real name was Edward Teach, was an English pirate that is quite possibly the most feared pirate in history. During…

There is a legendary sea monster known as the Kraken. This legendary sea monster is an enormous size and is known to have lived…

These days the view of pirates and piracy has been somewhat rose-tinted by time, nostalgia, and media portrayals such as those in Pirates of…

Treasure Island (1881) is a much loved children’s adventure novel written by the Scottish Author Robert Louis Stevenson, and has had much to do…