Origin
The oldest known literary mention of a "Golden Age" of piracy is from 1894, when the English journalist George Powell wrote about "What app… 展开

Piracy arose out of, and mirrored on a smaller scale, conflicts over trade and colonization among the rival European powers of the time, including the empires of Britain, Spain, th… 展开

Many of the best-known pirates in historical lore originate from this Golden Age of Piracy: 1. "Black Sam" Bellamy, captain of the Whydah Gally, was lost in a storm off Cape Codin 171… 展开

By the early 18th century, tolerance for privateers was wearing thin in all nations. After the Treaty of Utrechtwas signed, the excess of trained sailors without employment wa… 展开