Your complete guide to the Golden Age of Piracy, real pirate history, famous names, legendary ships, and the myths that grew up around them all.
Pirate Info is a growing archive covering real pirate history, ships, life aboard, treasure legends, and how piracy has been reimagined in books and film. Explore by topic below.
Explore by Topic
Famous Pirates
Blackbeard, Anne Bonny, Mary Read, and the real people behind the legends.
Pirate Ships
Sloops, brigantines, and the vessels pirates built their reputations on.
Pirate Life & Culture
The pirate code, plunder shares, and how crews actually governed themselves.
Treasure & Legends
Separating real pirate plunder from centuries of buried-treasure myth.
Pirates in Pop Culture
How novels, film, and folklore shaped the pirate we picture today.
Pirate Glossary
An A-to-Z reference of pirate terms, slang, and shipboard vocabulary.
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