With his stylish clothes and powdered wig, Stede Bonnet (in a c. 1725 woodcut) stood out among the bearded, unkempt, ill-mannered pirates with whom he sailed. Corbis Stede Bonnet's career as the ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Real, historical pirates can be just as entertaining as the romantic, humorous swashbuckling Hollywood heroes, says a Purdue University historian. Frank Lambert, a professor of ...

TAMPA, Fla. — For all everyone planning on taking over the streets of downtown Tampa for Gasparilla 2023, there is still time to pick up your pirate costumes and outfits before Jan. 28. Whether you ...

All pirates are thugs, and the world would be better off without them. But not all pirates are equal. Unlike their Somali successors, early 18th century pirates, men like Blackbeard, "Black Bart" ...

Sept. 19 is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. According to The Museum of the Cape Fear Historical Complex in Fayetteville, North Carolina's coast was a popular home for pirates and a frequent ...