But what was life really like for an early 18th-century pirate? The answer: pretty grim. It was a world of staggering violence and poverty, constant danger, and almost inevitable death.

In the deep waters between Morocco and Spain, wreck-divers discovered a pirate ship that may have sailed the seas during the ...

Learn the 18th-century sewing methods used to create a classic pirate shirt, showcasing traditional techniques and timeless style.

Did you know that in the 17th and 18th centuries ... The special also traced the history of pirates through the age of privateering and the 20th century rumrunners of the Prohibition era.

gendered economics and direct democracy behind a legendary 18th-century pirate province. The bleeding edge of the Enlightenment’s democratic revolution, in this telling, wasn’t to be found in ...

It’s a long way from “Pirates of the Caribbean” to the Palace of Versailles. But that’s the journey of Johnny Depp, who goes from playing an 18th-century pirate scoundrel to an 18th ...

In David Graeber’s slim posthumous book, Pirate Enlightenment: Or the Real Libertalia, the anthropologist argues that 18th-century pirate society inspired and influenced European Enlightenment ...