Pirates is at National Maritime Museum in Greenwich 29 March 2025-4 January 2026. Adults £15, children £7.50. Various ...

One of Britain’s lesser-known islands, just 10 miles from Devon, has a dark and unknown history filled with links to piracy, ...

The Ghost Ship starts in the gallows, ends in the gallows and in between has swashbuckling lady pirates, forbidden romance and 16th ... sets sail for the Barbary Coast. The pair and their motley crew ...

Despite this, Miguel de Cervantes’ personal experiences with captivity—his capture by Barbary pirates in Algiers ... if no ransom arrived, sold as slaves. However, Cervantes’ family was ...

Vance pointed out that far more European than American cargo transits the Suez Canal and said the strongest reason for the ...

For over 300 years, the coastlines of the English Channel and south west of England were at the mercy of Barbary pirates. Men, women and children were kidnapped to be sold as slaves ...

Two centuries after the Barbary Wars, America is once again fighting a war overseas to protect its shipping, as well as that ...

Beginning in 1784, raiders from these statelets along the Barbary coast, known as the Barbary Pirates, would attack American merchant shipping, capturing sailors for whom they initially extorted ...

Beginning in 1784, raiders from these statelets along the Barbary coast, known as the Barbary Pirates, would attack American merchant shipping, capturing sailors for whom they initially extorted ...