The first mention of a pirate by name may be in a Greek book from 2,500 years ago. But sea-raiding has been around since the very first boats traversed the world’s waterways.

When we think of other icons of the past, people who lived lives of violence and adventure, be them Medieval Knights in ...

The pirates of Panama; or buccaneers of America; a true account of the famous adventures of daring deeds of Sir Henry Morgan and other notorious freebooters of the Spanish Malu, by John Esquemelin.

A centuries-old New England legend about the famous pirate Sam Bellamy and his love, Mary Hallett, is coming to Red Hook. “The Royal Pyrate,” a new musical that reimagines Bellamy and Hallett’s tale ...