pirates

LEGO’s “One Piece” collection features a chibi Luffy figure, the Baratie Floating Restaurant, and more.

The origins of these classic costumes are probably not what you would expect.

A pirate flag with the distinctive eyewear.

Did pirates wear eye patches to see better in the dark? Find out the truth behind the iconic style choice.

Rhys Darby as Stede Bonnet in 'Our Flag Means Death.'

Centuries later, Stede Bonnet’s motivations and actual aptitude for piracy remain unclear. But he still managed to make the history books—in his nightgown, no less.

‘Capture of the Pirate, Blackbeard, 1718,’ a 1920 painting depicting the battle between Blackbeard and Lieutenant Robert Maynard in Ocracoke Bay.

They pillaged, they invaded, and they obeyed only the sea laws they made up as they went along.

Like so many other phrases, the meaning of ‘pass with flying colors’ has nautical roots.

Henry Every pulled off one of history's biggest pirate heists.

Henry Every’s raid of the Ganj-i-Sawai was so large, it triggered a diplomatic crisis. Yet few people have heard of this audacious pirate.

Four hundred years ago, if you were a seafaring thief, the label that you received said a great deal—mainly about whoever it was doing the labeling.

Rockfleet Castle, which Grace O’Malley used as a base

She debated with Queen Elizabeth I, sat at the head of a prosperous pirate empire, and told the English where to go.

Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day! Let’s hoist the Jolly Roger, break out the rum, and look back at the holiday’s timber-shivering history.

The bones were found near Bellamy's ship, the Whydah, which wrecked off the coast of Massachusetts in 1717.

See shipwrecks, a graveyard, and the sites of (allegedly) buried treasure—no plank-walking required.

Presented by U.S. Virgin Islands.

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Forget explorers, saints, or officials: These islands were named after more unusual people.

Famed pirates Anne Bonny, John 'Calico Jack' Rackam, and Mary Read

Contrary to what Disney would have you believe, pirates probably didn't say "arrrr."

Little is known about the early life of privateer-turned-pirate Edward “Blackbeard” Teach, whose massive, knotted beard struck fear in the hearts of seamen throughout the Caribbean and Eastern U.S. for a brief spell in the early 18th century. However, his

Turns out, the odds are very low there's any buried treasure.

This coming-of-age story featuring swaggering pirates, sea battles, and a quest for buried treasure is one of the most enduring adventure tales of all time.