The Pirate Empire

Part I The dates of the Golden Age of Piracy have never been exact. Some people calculate that this period began sometime in the mid 1600...

During the Golden Age of Piracy, Boston was the largest English city in the New World. It was a center of religion, politics, commerce, end...

Pirates aren’t just historic individuals. Pirates are an idea that has moved the minds of lovers, poets, and philosophers. What does it mea...

Siemen Danziger was a 17th-century Dutch privateer and corsair. From fighting the Spanish to marrying a Governor’s daughter, he lived a lif...

I’m talking here about the 1976 movie starring Robert Shaw. At the time, the film was a considered a flop, but it has survived, mostly I th...

People often wonder how pirates recruited. Did they kidnap people and force them to join the crew? Did the worst of the worst of rapist s...

Pirates and lead go together in this infamous phrase. “And ounce of lead” meant a bullet, or, as it was called at the time, a shot. Whateve...