Directory of Pirates Resources

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This category is for sites about pirates and piracy. Piracy is robbery committed at sea. The main period of piracy occurred in the Caribbean Sea from the 1560s until the 1720s. However, piracy has happened before that time, and it still occurs today. It happens all over the world. A pirate is someone who commits an act of piracy.

Subcategories

• Blackbeard
• Teach, Edward

Resources in This Category

• Henry Morgan

  http://www.data-wales.co.uk/morgan.htm
  A short biography of him and his relationship with the Morgans of Monmouthshire.

• History in the Movies

  http://www.stfrancis.edu/content/historyinthemovies/Pirates.htm
  Compares the similarities and differences between the movie Pirates of the Caribbean and the real pirates of history.

• Isle of Tortuga

  http://zeerovery.nl/history/
  Piracy at sea throughout history. Includes biographies and original documents.

• Pirate Image Archive

  http://beej.us/pirates/
  Offers images of famous pirates, battles, and their ships.

• Pirate's Cove

  http://www.thepirateking.com/
  Includes pirate history and detailed biographies of pirates, privateers, and explorers.

• Pirates

  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/pirates/maina.html
  Play this game which gives an overview of pirates from the Golden Age of Piracy.

• Pirates - Fact and Legend

  http://www.piratesinfo.com/
  Offers many facts on pirates in the 17th and 18th centuries.

• Pirates of the Bahamas

  http://www.geographia.com/bahamas/pirates01.htm
  Offers a look at the history of pirates, focusing on Blackbeard, Anne Bonny, and Roger Vane.

• Pirates of the Caribbean

  http://pirates.hegewisch.net/
  A historical look at piracy in the Caribbean. Biographies of famous pirates, and guides to ships and weapons.

• Talk Like a Pirate Day

  http://www.talklikeapirate.com/
  Background information and activities for those that want to be a pirate for a day.

• Wikipedia: Piracy

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piracy
  An encyclopedia article about the history of piracy.

 

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