The pirate myth

Hear the word ‘pirate’ and what picture springs to your mind? I see a richly-bearded geezer in a tricorne hat and a frock coat, with a notched cutlass and bandolier stuffed with pistols. Never mind the real-life pirates of our present day, the maritime robbery-and-kidnap specialists of Somalia and West Africa — they are all

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Debunking the WORST Pirate Myths

Concept art of the World's end, according to Piracy times there was a myth the earth have a border where ships may fall, most sailors thought this just the capitans and officers