Ahoy! Besides being the only place in the entire world where you can currently go to see real, actual, verifiable pirate treasure — although it's not the only treasure ever dredged up from a ...

These pirates from the golden age of piracy were folk heroes at the time they were still alive. They argued they weren’t thieves and brigands, they said they were engaged in essentially a social ...

Gold and silver were too heavy and would weigh down a ship. Pirates were far more interested in items such as spices, alcohol and medicines, which they could use themselves or trade when back on ...