Jean Lafitte – The Pirate Who Saved New Orleans and Then Went Right Back to Piracy

The Trade Winds – The Invisible Highway That Decided Where Every Pirate Could Sail

The Blunderbuss – The Gun Pirates Loaded With Nails, Glass, and Anything They Could Find

The Incredible Engineering of Sails

Providence Island – The Puritan Colony That Turned Into a Pirate Base

What a Pirate Duel Really Looked Like – Pistols at Dawn, Cutlasses If They Missed

The Sovereign of the Seas – The Golden Warship So Expensive It Helped Start a Civil War

Why Pirate Crews Were Twice the Size They Needed to Be – And It Made Them Unbeatable

Scurvy – The Disease That Killed More Pirates Than Every Battle Combined

Rats – The Crew Every Pirate Ship Carried by Accident and Eventually Ate

The Xebec – The Corsair Ship That Terrorized the Mediterranean for 300 Years

The Incredible Engineering of Cartagena

Bartholomew Roberts – The Most Successful Pirate in History and Nobody Remembers

The Incredible Engineering of the Flying Dutchman's Real Ships

The Sailing Master – The Only Man on Board Who Knew Where the Ship Was

The Ghost Ship – The Abandoned Vessels That Haunted the Golden Age

The Pirate's Parrot – The True Story Behind the Most Famous Bird in History

The San José – The $17 Billion Shipwreck Still Sitting on the Ocean Floor

The Endeavour – The Real Warship Behind the East India Company's Flagship

The Flying Dutchman Was Seen Again – The Real Sightings That Terrified Sailors for Centuries

5 Pirate Treasures That Were Actually Found – And What They Were Worth

The Brethren Court – The Real Pirate Councils That Actually Ruled the Seas

The Cabin Boy – The Youngest Pirate on the Ship and What He Endured

Davy Jones – The Real Legend Behind the Most Feared Captain in the Sea

The Code of the Brethren – The Real Pirate Code Behind Pirates of the Caribbean

The Pirate Captain – What Life Was Really Like for the Most Feared Man at Sea

The Powder Monkey – What Life Was Like for the Boys Who Carried Gunpowder Through Battle

The Incredible Engineering of the Flying Dutchman – The Real Ship Behind the Legend

The Ship's Carpenter – The Most Important Job on a Pirate Ship

The Incredible Engineering of the Black Pearl's Real Ship

The Incredible Engineering of the Galleon

The Merchant Ship – The Floating Prize Every Pirate in History Was Hunting

The Jolly Roger – The Real Ship Behind the Most Famous Pirate Flag

The Flagship – The Most Powerful Ship in Every Pirate Fleet

The Slave Ship – The Vessel That Created More Pirates Than Any Other

François l'Olonnais: The Most Savage Pirate Who Ever Lived

Final Stand: Blackbeard's HORRIFYING Last 5 Minutes

The Incredible Engineering of Queen Anne's Revenge

Inside Blackbeard's Cabin – What the Most Feared Pirate Kept on Board

The Quartermaster – The Man With More Power Than the Captain

Captain Jack Sparrow – The Real Pirates Who Inspired the Most Famous Pirate in Film

Libertalia – The Pirate Utopia That May Have Actually Existed

The Interceptor – The Real Ship Behind Pirates of the Caribbean's Fastest Vessel

How a Pirate Crew Actually Worked – Every Role Explained

The Cannon – The Weapon That Decided Every Pirate Battle in History

The Captain's Cabin – What Life Was Like for the Man in Charge

The Bermuda Triangle – The Waters That Swallowed Ships Without a Trace

The 5 Most Terrifying Legends of the Sea – And the Truth Behind Them

Pirate Food – What Pirates Actually Ate on Ships for Months

The Utter Horror of Being Marooned – Left Alone on an Island With a Loaded Pistol

How Pirates Survived Brutal Winters at Sea Without Any Warmth

The Utter Horror of the Sinking of the Whydah – 143 Pirates Drowned in One Night

How Pirates Took Over the World – The Full Story of the Golden Age

Grog – The Drink the Navy Invented to Stop Pirates From Going Insane

How a Pirate Ship Actually Worked – Every Detail Explained

The Ark Royal – The Warship That Destroyed the Spanish Armada and Changed Piracy Forever

The Most Lawless City on Earth: The True Story of Port Royal

Rum – The Drink That Kept Every Pirate Crew Alive and Turned Them Into Monsters

The Caravel – The Ship That Discovered the New World and Started the Age of Piracy

The Adventure Galley – Captain Kidd's Ship That Rotted and Sank With Him Still Aboard