Scurvy Pirate History

Henry Every was a notorious  pirate with many different aliases. These aliases include Long Ben, Benjamin Bridgeman, and John Avery. Henry Every was very…

While the romanticized days of swashbuckling pirates who pillaged and plundered their way through life is long gone, the notion of such a carefree…

While it is quite evident that historically pirates were drawn to an existence that was wild and free, their hard-partying ways were at the…

The Jolly Roger was not originally the name of a pirate ship, although in modern times it was made a popular name for a…

It’s difficult to condense any history down to the bare bones, but it’s even harder to do so with a history as long and diverse…

The Vikings of Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland were, perhaps, the forerunners of those famous sea dogs of the Golden Age of pirates that we…

If you’re a pirate fanatic you’ll want to know about these TV shows! Black Sails At the beginning of 2014 the TV Network Starz…

Contrary to what you might think, Pirates considered surgeons and musicians amongst the most prized members of the pirate ship crew, although perhaps not…