The real-life home of the Pirates of the Caribbean has been brought back to life for the first time in more than 300 years.
In a first, underwater archaeologists in the Bahamas have discovered three shipwrecks associated with the Golden Age of Piracy off the coast of Nassau.
Today, Nassau is a popular tourist destination in the Bahamas, with white-sand beaches and cerulean waters ideal for swimming, snorkeling and diving. But centuries ago, it wasn’t travelers who flocked ...
Historian Angus Konstam joins WIRED to answer the internet's swashbuckling questions about pirates and piracy. Where did the stereotypical pirate accent come from? What did pirates do for fun? Why do ...