Pope Julius II (The Warrior Pope) - Commissioner of the Sistine Chapel Ceiling to Michelangelo One of the missions of exploring the...

Though this story is not about pirates, it is about those who were accused of heinous crimes; some may have deserved it, some, not so...

Piracy came mostly from hatred - caused by the government - against their enemy countries, and the lack of opportunity in their own...

Sir Admiral Francis Drake (1541 – 1596) – Drake was like no other pirate on the open seas. He was an English explorer, sea Captain,...

– Not much is known of the start of piracy, but it is known that some well-known pirates began as early as the Victual Brothers, or...

Early Years: You know by now that the Americas were named after Amerigo Vespucci, and the Hudson River and many other northern locations...

Sadly, there are few women to report about. Most of the time, the only women that would sail were either pirates, or disguised as men....

The Dutch, English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese were all very competitive to claim parts of the New World and explore its fertile...

As you may have guessed, the 13 colonies all started at different times, to later become the states of the United States. They also...

In 1724, a book was written about the exploits of two famous women pirates, Mary Read and Anne Bonny. The book was titled, A General...