Pirates Of The World
We all love the image of a pirate thanks to Praites Of The Carribean
but it is still amazing how many famous pirates exist.
Famous names appearing in the long history of piracy include Sir Francis Drake
and Sir John Hawkins, the Elizabethan buccaneers, Edward Mansfield, Henry Morgan,
Jacques Nau, Jean Laffite, and Edward Teach (Blackbeard). There is some doubt as to
whether the activities of Captain Kidd constituted piracy.
The pirate is a frequent figure in literature, especially in books written for children
Perhaps the most famous fictional pirate is Long John Silver in R. L. Stevenson's Treasure
Island. Sir Walter Scott and James Fenimore Cooper each wrote a novel entitled The Pirate,
Charles Kingsley wrote of buccaneers in Westward Ho!, and Sir William Gilbert ridiculed pirate
stories in his Pirates of Penzance.
Article from AllRefer Reference
Pirate image from DMAT Awards
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