Category: Pirates

Woodes Rogers and his Family by William Hogarth 1729 oil painting showing the Governor of the Bahamas with his son holding a map of New Providence Island
Pirates

The Kingdom of No-Kings

A thousand pirates took over Nassau and built their own republic. Discover the Flying Gang, the 1715 treasure fleet, and why polydactyl cats ruled the docks of the Bahamas.

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Pirates

The War That Made the Pirates

Queen Anne’s War pirates were trained by their own governments, then thrown away. Discover how peace created the Golden Age of Piracy and why Montserrat burned.

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Henry Every pirate portrait with his ship the Fancy from General History of the Pyrates 1724
Pirates

The Longest Voyage

Henry Every pirate pulled off the greatest raid in history, then vanished forever. Discover the Pirate Round, Madagascar, and the cats who sailed with him.

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Port Royal Jamaica earthquake 1692 engraving by Jan Luyken showing buildings collapsing into the sea
Pirates

The City Built on Sand

Port Royal pirates made it the wickedest city on earth — until an earthquake swallowed it. Discover Henry Morgan, privateer cats, and the 1692 disaster.

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Map-of-the-islands-of-Hispaniola-and-Puerto-Rico-Joan-Vinckeboons-1639
Pirates

The Island of the Smokey Meat

Before the ships, before the treasure, before Captain Kitty the Kid… There were the hunters! Discover the real history behind the first pirate cats of the Caribbean (1620–1660).

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