Piracy has most likely existed for as long as ocean commerce has existed. Some of the earliest recorded instances of piracy came from the Mediterranean in the 14th century BC. Nordic Vikings are also ...

Not all pirates were outlaws. “Privateers” were essentially government-sanctioned pirates, given legal papers (letters of ...

Fencing booty is the most underappreciated problem of historical pirate logistics. Myths and stories about “going on the account” (as high-seas piracy was known during its late–seventeenth- and ...

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