![]() ![]() It may not look the same today, but piracy isn’t dead. Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman star in beloved ’90s Peter Pan sequel, Hook (1991).įilm has glorified many a buccaneer tale and focused primarily on its heyday which was just over a hundred years, ranging from the late 1500s to the early 1700s. ![]() This was the perfect call to action for adventure seekers and poor alike, looking to bolster their pockets with cargos of gold, sugar, spice, and anything they deemed nice. The bad guy was only that, if he didn’t share your flag. While many think of this as an illegal lifestyle, most of history’s famous pirates were sanctioned by their government as “privateers” to attack enemy ships. The pirate’s life was the ideal business venture for a man looking to build his fortune and any country looking to sabotage their enemies. ![]() High seas adventure, thundering cannons, plundered booty, buried treasure, curved swords, and missing limbs replaced with wooden nubs these are the classic images we envision when thoughts of piracy come to mind. ![]()
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