The Pirate Empire

Charles Vane was a bad ‘un. He terrorized the Caribbean, bringing trade to in the area to a halt, tortured his captives, and cheated his cr...

What did pirates really eat? With Talk Like a Pirate Day nearly upon us, people all over are trying to figure out how to serve some authe...

Okay, you may or may not know that the famous holiday started in June of 1995, then John Baur and Mark Summers were playing handball, and on...

Although pirates usually did their best to rob people by simply scaring them witless, part of the performance was always carrying a stack of...

“But what happened to him?” is a question that comes up at the end of many pirate stories. The end is always "he died," for the si...

Have you ever daydreamed of actually being a pirate? Do all the stories about the Golden Age, when ships were wooden, men were iron, and ev...

Pirating is one of the oldest professions, and it has been practiced all over the world. But when we think of pirates, it’s almost always t...