of creative works, 46
Pirate, The
, 62
pirates, fictional
as antiheroes, 9, 62–63
in books, 48–50
in comic strips, 53
in movies, 50, 52–58
in plays, 47–48, 51
on radio, 50
songs about, 62
stereotypes and myths about,
60–61
on television, 58–60
in video games, 61
pirates, historical.
See also
African
pirates; buccaneers; corsairs;
female pirates; pirate ships;
privateers
pirate ships, 20, 23–24, 30, 40.
See also
pirates, historical
articles of, 25
captains of, 7, 15–16,
20–22, 25, 26–28, 38–42
flags of, 40
life aboard, 23–25
names of, 6, 21, 42
clothing worn by, 31, 33, 34
different terms for, 9
economic status of, 9, 17, 21,
23, 44
execution of, 8, 29, 34
flags of, 26
food eaten by, 23–24
injuries suffered by, 24–25
legends about, 26–29
loot taken by, 14, 20, 24
murders by, 21–22, 33
nationalities of, 25
pardons offered to, 31–32,
36, 41
raids by, 11, 17, 19, 20–21,
38
ransoms taken by, 38, 44–45
singing of, 21, 33
stereotypes and legends
about, 9
weapons of, 24, 44, 46
Pirates of Penzance, The
, 47–48
Pirates of the Caribbean
series
Curse of the Black Pearl
, 5, 56
On Stranger Tides
, 57
At World’s End
, 63
Pittsburgh Pirates, 60
Pompeius, Gnaeus (Pompey), 11
Princess
, 34
Princess Bride, The
, 55
privateers, 19–20, 23, 36
Quedah Merchant
, 21
Rackam, Jack, 31, 33–34
Read, Mary, 31, 33–34
Red Flag Fleet, 40
Republic of Pirates, The
(Woodard), 60
Roberts, Bartholomew, 29,
34–36
Rome, ancient, and pirates,
10–11
Royal Navy, 23, 28, 60
Scandinavia, pirates from, 11,
14–15
sea captains, brutality of, 25–26
Sea Peoples, 10
sea shanties, 62
Seavey, Dan, 41–42
slaves, 6, 14–15
freed
by pirates, 29
taken by pirates, 29
who became pirates, 29
Somalia, piracy in, 43–45
Sons of the Buccaneers, 62
South China Sea, pirates on,
40–41, 46
SpongeBob SquarePants
, 58
Spotswood, Alexander, 28
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 48–50
Successful Pyrate, The
(Johnson),
47
Swallow
, 36
Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 60
Teach, Edward, 26–29, 51–52,
60
Terry and the Pirates
, 53
Treasure Island
(Stevenson),
48–50, 55, 60
Treasure Planet
, 50
tributes, paid for protection from
pirates, 37
Tripoli, pirates from, 37–38
Trott, Nicholas, 6–7
Tuscarora
, 42
United States and war with the
Barbary States, 38
Vikings
origin of name, 15
pirating by, 11, 14–15
wak
ō
pirates, 17
Wanderer
, 41–42
War of the Grand Alliance, 20
War of the Spanish Succession,
23, 27, 34, 36
Washington, George, 38
William
, 33
Woodard, Colin, 60, 62
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