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Life as a pirate has been romanticized by novels and movies. Even though it was dangerous and violent, pirates themselves defended its allure and adventure.

Add pirates to the list of trials and tribulations faced by early settlers around the Virginia Colony's Chesapeake Bay. But pirates were simply independent entrepreneurs.

Cuba built this sturdy fort to protect the port of Santiago de Cuba from the tyranny of the Jolly Roger which waved its flag over the Caribbean from the early 1500s.

Learn what life was like on board a pirate ship and build a model ship.

The whole family can have fun and play together with pirate theme floor puzzles, jigsaw puzzles, board games, and card games about finding treasure and building crews.

Captain Morgan's Revenge is a Pirate-themed spin on traditional Viking metal that proves to be outrageously silly, beer swilling fun.

Like to take moonlit walks, look at historical places and hear things go bump in the night? Then check out some ghosts tours available in Charleston, South Carolina.

A look into the life and deeds of New Orleans' most colorful pirate.

In 1650, Captain William Kidd, at the age of five, he moved to New York, then a British colony. History would remember, "Captain Kidd", as a notorious pirate.

Disneyland's big rides bring in millions of visitors each year - but the park's musical acts, vintage vehicles and low-key nooks spark lasting memories.

North Carolina ghost tours offer a chance to visit old cemeteries and other sites. See some of North Carolina's scariest haunted places.

Novelist and playwright whose works inspired numerous adaptations for screen and stage.

Guide to the characters, plot, and history of The Pirates of Penzance, an operetta by the English comic opera writers Gilbert & Sullivan.

Pirates were fierce and often desperate sailors, who, when forced to fight, utilized a wide variety of weapons to overcome their foes.