As he does in Black Sails, the real Blackbeard ran across other famous pirates, including Vane and Rackham. Most of what's ...

Gold and silver were too heavy and would weigh down a ship. Pirates were far more interested in items such as spices, alcohol and medicines, which they could use themselves or trade when back on ...

Ahoy! Besides being the only place in the entire world where you can currently go to see real, actual, verifiable pirate treasure — although it's not the only treasure ever dredged up from a ...

He wasn’t born Baby Blackbeard – his real name was Edward Teach ... little evidence that Blackbeard was a particularly violent pirate and, instead, relied on his ferocious appearance to ...