Pirates
Pirate -(from the Latin pirata) 1. A robber on the high seas; one who by open violence takes the property of
another on the high seas; especially, one who makes it his business to cruise for robbery or plunder
Bucanneer - (from the French boucaner, to smoke or broil meat and fish, The name was first given to the French
settlers in Haiti or Hispaniola, whose business was to hunt wild cattle and swine) 1, A robber upon the sea, a
term applied especially to the piratical adventurers who made depredations on the Spaniards in America in the 17th and 18th
centuries.
Freebooter - (from the Dutch vrijbuiter, vriji=free buit = booty) One who plunders or pillages without the authority of national warfare
Corsair - (from the Latin cursus, a running or course) 1. A pirate; one who cruises about without authorization from
any government, to seize booty on sea or land. 2. a pirate along the Barbary coast
Privateer- (from Private) . An armed private vessel which bears the commission of the sovereign power(letters of marque) to
cruise against the enemy.
Filibuster - (from the Spanish flibustero, corrupted) 1. A lawless military
adventurer, especially one in quest of plunder; a freebooter; -- originally applied to pirates infesting the Spanish American
coasts
Pirates of the Spanish Main
Pirates Webwring
Pirate's Library (various books on Pirates)
The Pirate's Hold
Buccaneer Net
Pirate's Cove
Pirates; Fact and Legend
Isle of Tortuga (many dutch pirates discussed)
The US and the Barbary Pirates
Famous Pirates/Privateers/Corsairs/Bucaneers
Pirate Roster
Seven Ocean's List of Pirates
Khair al-Din (Barbarossa) (1483–1546)
Sir Francis Drake (1540 - 1596)
Piet Heyn (1577-1629
Angora & Angria
Thomas Avery
Koxinga (Cheng Ch'eng-kung) (1624-1662)
Francis L'Ollonais(Jean David Nau) (16??-1667)
Henry Morgan (1635 - 1688)
Captain Kidd (1645 - 1701)
Stede Bonnet (16??-1718)
Maria Cobham
Edward Low (???? - 1723)
Le Sieur Raveneau de Lussan
Montbars Languedoc "the Exterminator"
Bartholomew Roberts
Alexander Selkirk
John Hawkins
Baron de Pointis & Jean Bernard Louis Desjeans
Charle Vane (16??-1719)
Mary Read (????-1720)
Anne Bonny (1700-17??)
"Calico" Jack Rackham(16??-1720)
Thomas Tew
Blackbeard (1680 - 1718)
Jean Lafitte (1780?-1826?)
Authors
William Dampier (1652-1715)
Alexander Exquemelin (1645-1707)
Howard Pyle (1853 -1911)
Rafael Sabatini (1875-1950)
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
Robert Louis Stevenson Stories Online
Daniel Defoe
Alexander Selkirk: The Real Robinson Crusoe
Movies, Games, Etc.
Sid Meier's Pirates (video game)
Pirates II (in development)
Pirates of the Burning Sun (Online Game)
Blackbeard Ale
Barbary Coast - the Mediterranean coast of North Africa that was famous for its Moorish pirates
Spanish Main - the name formerly given to the southern portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous coast,
embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure ships from the New to the Old World.
American Main - the Atlantic coast of North America from Florida to Maine
Madagascar - an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa; the 4th largest island in the world
East Indies - a group of islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans between Asia and Australia
West Indies - the string of islands between North and South America
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