The Pirate Empire

As we discussed in the previous article, the costumes in pirate movies have jobs to do. They need to make the star look good, give us a str...

I’ve written quite a bit about pirate clothing, but have not yet touched on what makes pirate costumes so special when they’re in the movie...

The symbol of the skull and crossbones is the essence of the pirate mystique. Modern pirate fans wear the symbol everywhere… Jewelry, belt b...

Martinique is one of the larger islands in the Lesser Antilles, with 436 square miles of land. Like most of the Caribbean, it is highly volc...

Were Pirates literate? Or illiterate? Is that something we can know 300 years after the fact? What did they read and write anyway? ...

I have answered several questions about pirates during the Golden Age and the tattoos they wore, but my answers have not been very popular. ...

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...