Women Pirates in a Masculine World
Women pirates were more common than we might think. This week’s reading in Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts focuses on two of the most famous – Anne Bonny and […]
Category Archives: Pirates
“Black Sails” – Myth or History?
Move over Johnny Depp –“Black Sails” has taken over the pirate imaginary on cable TV! The question is whether or not this newest representation of the Golden Age of Piracy […]
Celebrating Pirates of the Caribbean in China
Pirates are popular everywhere – even in China. The Caribbean Association in China (CAC) held a party with over 200 attendees at Pudong’s Crowne Plaza hotel to celebrate another anniversary […]
Cofresí the Pirate / El Pirata Cofresí
Piracy in the Caribbean declined after 1750, but did not disappear. One pirate in particular, Roberto Cofresí (June 17, 1791 – March 29, 1825), better known as “El Pirata Cofresí“, operated […]
Pirate-Barber-Surgeon? Who was Alexandre Exquemelin?
Who were the three most important people onboard a 17th century pirate ship? The ship’s captain; the ship’s carpenter; and –the ship’s barber-surgeon! All three usually received equal shares of […]
Ahoy! Avast! Pirate Trivia
Pirates may seem to be a hodgepodge of misfits with little organization, but underneath the chaos of pirating is a well-defined culture with its own version of order . […]
