Captain Benjamin Hornigold (died 1719) was an 18th-century English pirate. His career lasted from 1715 to 1718, after which he turned into a pirate hunter and pursued his former
The right to hijack a Norwegian dramatized documentary about Norway’s unknown pirate history. The film features interviews with historians in Norway, England and Russia, and
We speak with Colin Woodard, the historian who literally wrote the book on the golden age of piracy. His insight offers plenty of hints
I learned of the trial and execution of Thomas Doughty from The World Encompassed by Sir Francis Drake, a history of the second circumnavigation of the globe.
“Did pirates wear eye patches?” The short answer: Only if they had lost eyes to disease or injury, and this was no more prevalent among
A Pirate Noir Detective comic series released quarterly through Action Lab Comics. Written by Josiah Grahn and art by Carl Yonder (www.carlyonder.com) this is the
John Malkovich is heading to the small screen. The two-time Oscar nominee has been tapped to star as Blackbeard in NBC’s action-adventure drama seriesCrossbones, The Hollywood Reporter has
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag is an upcoming action-adventure game, and the sixth main installment in the Assassin’s Creedseries. A sequel to 2012′s Assassin’s Creed III, the
Today’s pirate comes to us once again from the pages of Philip Gosse’s The Pirate’s Who’s Who. He seems full of vigor and a lust for
From the award-winning creator of “Luther,” Neil Cross, and successful producing team of Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald (“Gladiator,” “Men in Black,” “The Ring”) comes
When we speak of pirates and privateers during the age of buccaneers we tend to gravitate to British, Dutch or French names. Henry Morgan,
For the past 20 years, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — better known as MIT — has unofficially been offering a super secret athletic “program”