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 ...

When someone mentions pirates, images of peg legs, parrots, grand pirate ships, and buried treasure permeate our minds. Embellished stories of seafaring rogues offer a romanticized version of lives ...

While La Crosse, may be nearly 2,000 miles — as the cannonball flies — from the historic pirate stronghold of Port Royal, buccaneer Dan Kellogg and his crew of damned souls were spied Thursday plying ...

When most people imagine a pirate, they picture actor Johnny Depp playing the mad but likable swashbuckler Jack Sparrow, captain of the sailing ship the Black Pearl. Depp’s pirate portrayal was ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise was quite the cinematic attraction throughout the early 2000s. With each installment, fans ...