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With very few exceptions (just a list of topics on sites), descriptions are not my opinions but excerpts pulled from the sites.
Pirates, their life and ships
- History of Piracy — an Introduction
- Piracy has occurred through the ages ever since the first ships were invented. In the ancient Mediterranean area Piracy was often linked with commerce via the sea.
- Brief History of Piracy
- Piracy has occurred in all stages of history. In the ancient Mediterranean, piracy was often closely related to maritime commerce ...
- Pirate Ships
- Picture with diagram! The pirate ship performed several roles. The crew had to be fed and kept in readiness. It was also the store room for plunder ...
- Specific Pirate Ships
- I have scoured the cyber seas and have not found any existing early 18th Century reproduction ships afloat (that is built as an Early 18th Century Ship not "modified" to be one). There are some ships that are close to our period or have been altered to look/play the part of a pirate ship ...
- Basic Types of Pirate Ships
- In the Golden Age of Piracy any ship could be a pirate ship. All you need to make a pirate ship is pirates and the will to do what no one else would think of! Below are just a few of the going ships of the day...
- Pirates of the Caribbean
- The intent of the page is to educate and to give the emerging scholars of piracy a place to start (and perhaps finish) their research on a most fascinating and colorful subject.
- Historical Female Pirates
- Real Female Pirates.
- Yes, there were really female pirates and they were most certainly real.
- Women Pirates
- There were those women who made a life at sea: either voluntary or otherwise. Some of the most common figures are prostitutes, slaves, fisherwomen, navywomen and female swashbucklers, better known as pirates. The most romanticized, and most known, were the female pirates.
- A Pirate's Life
- Pirates had codes that they lived by, ships that they cherished, weapons they used with cunning, and rum that they drank in excess. This page is dedicated to the myths and facts of pirates, buccaneers, privateers, and freebooters.
- Weapons Used by Pirates
- Images, definitions and history of weapons used by pirates.
- Pirate Weapons
- Hand weapons, firearms and other weapons used by pirates.
- Pirate's Lexicon
- Site has a list of over 300 words and phrases commonly used when discussing pirates or nautical themes.
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