When someone mentions pirates, images of peg legs, parrots, grand pirate ships, and buried treasure permeate our minds. Embellished stories of seafaring rogues offer a romanticized version of lives ...

Glasspoole and the Chinese Pirates,” By 1804, their Red Flag Fleet had amassed 400 ... Blackbeard is likely the most famous real pirate of all time, based on recognition alone.

Fred and Pete are thrilled to learn that their sheet is, in fact, a pirate flag - a Jolly Roger, used by pirates to warn other ships that they’re on their way to take their goods. After dressing ...

Welcome aboard our quest to sift the fact from the fiction in pirate ... flag that featured either a skull and crossbones, or a figure of a man holding a spike with a bloody heart next to it ...