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Histories of piracy often subdivide the Golden Age of Piracy into three periods: The buccaneering period (approximately 1650 to 1680), characterized by Anglo-French seamen based in Jamaica and Tortuga attacking Spanish colonies, and shipping in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific to western Pacific.
The earliest documented instances of piracy are the exploits of the Sea Peoples who threatened the ships sailing in the Aegean and Mediterranean waters in the 14th century BC. In classical antiquity, the Phoenicians, Illyrians and Tyrrhenians were known as pirates.
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8 Famous Pirates From History. From state-sponsored privateers to outright outlaws, these pirates made their reputations as fearsome raiders. By: Jesse Greenspan.
Pirate havens like Port Royal on Jamaica, Tortuga on Hispaniola, and New Providence in the Bahamas provided safe harbours, the possibility to sell looted cargo to crooked traders, and were within easy reach of the main shipping routes.
The real pirates of the Caribbean were desperate criminals, mostly men but some women, too, who plundered easy targets like unarmed merchant ships in the Caribbean Sea from 1690 to 1730. Famous pirates include Blackbeard, Captain Kidd, Bartholomew Roberts, and Anne Bonny.
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Piracy, any robbery or other violent action, for private ends and without authorization by public authority, committed on the seas or in the air outside the normal jurisdiction of any state. Because piracy has been regarded as an offense against the law of nations, the public vessels of any state.
When were pirates first around? Did pirates really exist? Yes, pirates existed — and starting in the 14th century, they helped shape European history. This article will explore the history of pirates, from ancient times to the Golden Age and beyond.
The Golden Age of Piracy spanned the period from approximately 1650 to 1726. During this period, bands of pirates menaced commercial (and sometimes even military) shipping in the Caribbean, along the North American eastern seaboard, the West African coast, and the Indian Ocean.