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Pirates
Pirates have been robbing and pillaging since ancient times. Some better known pirates are Blackbeard, Jose Gaspar, Sir Francis Drake, Henry Morgan and Captain William Kidd. Although piracy was in its hay day between the 17th and 19th centuries, it is still being battled against today.
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Nowadays famous modern pirates operates at Somalia sea and Malacca straits to mention a few. They attack shipping ships for ransom money and did not hesitated to use violence. It is hard to fight these pirates as they know their way in huge area of open water
Why are pirates and ninjas enemies?
Yes, but I believe they can overcome their differences and help the world and WikiAnswers.
in a pirates ship they usually have gold jewellery diamonds. also their guns bomb and loads of other weapon. the main thing inside the ship is TREASURE. the thing they don't have much is food and water.
How were pirates punished back then?
Pirates were often punished by being flogged or keehauled or if the crime was bad enough they were marrooned. Sometimes they were just locked in the brig.
What was the most common pirate weapon?
Mostly gunpowder cannons, and for the men swords axes knives muskets an gunpowder pistols
Where did the golden age of piracy take place?
In the entire history of piracy, it has been found in India and Asia, North Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, and North America. Modern-day piracy is focused on narrow international shipping lanes such as the Gulf of Aden (off Somalia) and the Strait of Malacca (between Singapore and Malaysia).
Did pirates really get prisoners to walk the plank?
To kill them. They were so far from shore, the people who walked the plank would either drown or become shark food.
Actually, walking the plank is fake. Pirates never did that, it was made up. -RPC
Yeah, latest theory is that the idea came from Victorian literature. Never really happened- Nosniboro
Where can i buy a pirate ship?
Playmobil Pirate ships can be purchased from UToypia, Happy Hen Toys, Argos, Toys R Us, Amazon, Fat Brain Toys, Magic Beans, Toy Wiz, Rakuten, and eBay.
How do you become a captain of a pirate ship?
Pirates are usually driven to acquire riches by robbing others. In the past, unskilled sailors would join pirate crews because there was little well-paying employment. In modern times, conditions of poverty offer incentives to become lawless gangs, either on land, or at sea as pirates.
What is a good name for captains of pirate ships?
You need to invent your own names - writers who copy ideas from other people end up in trouble for plagiarism! If you copy someone's names or ideas, then when you publish your story, they could claim you stole those from them and sue you for part of your money.
I use online name generators for the names of my secondary characters - the main characters, I take my time and choose special names from baby name books!
Here's a link to a good name-generating website!
goverment got mad at him and threw his body of board and kept his head as a trophy
I believe so, according to our local news, recently a ship was hijacked.
This incident was in the Indian Ocean, and the pirates were from Somalia. The ship was a supertanker, and it was the largest prize ever captured by pirates in the history of the world. The ship was later released, and the pirates claimed that they were paid the huge ransom they wanted for letting it go. More recently these pirates went after an Egyptian cargo ship, but a German warship was nearby and chased them away.
The thing to remember about piracy is that it is motivated by economics. Piracy existed in the Mediterranean for centuries until it became "Mare Nostrum" (Our Sea) to the Roman Republic. The Roman general Pompey wiped out piracy in the Med, but it reappeared about five centuries later when Rome was in decline, and the Vandals built a pirate fleet operating from Carthage. Since then, pirates have operated in other areas of the world; in the Caribbean from Port Royal in Jamaica and other islands, the Indian Ocean from Madagascar, in the Gulf of Mexico from New Orleans and Galveston, and in the Mediterranean from the Barbary Coast. Today, they are mostly Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean, and Chinese pirates in the South China Sea. The latter are impossible to deal with because they operate in Chinese waters and certainly pay China for this protection. The navies of the world are powerless to go after them in their home waters because it would risk war with China.
Pirates have existed a long time, and still do. Although, they aren't the picture of pirates way back when, they have advanced technology and ride in small motorboats.
What is the biggest pirate ship?
The most famous pirate ship is Captain Morre's ship. The ship disappeared and scientists have looked for it for many years. If someone finds it, the dobloons that he left would be worth millions! Rumor has it that his ship sank in what is now Miami Trails, Ohio. Maybe your house is the lucky one! Start digging! Well it depends on what you mean. If you mean for treasure hunters and divers, that could be right, but for it's time and currently there's probably one that everyone has at least heard of and that would be Blackbeard's ship, the Queen Anne's Revenge. Even idiots should have heard of it in the new Pirates of the Carribean movie. I think that the Queen Anne's Revenge is the only ship in those movies that actually existed, at least in the golden age of piracy. They may now be a Black Pearl or there may have been a Flying Dutchman, but I'm pretty sure they weren't pirate ships.
Why was blackbeard's the pirate head's cut off?
Edward "Blackbeard" Teach was a pirate who fought in Queen Anneâ??s War as a Privateer. He was killed by a British sailor as he was fighting with Lieutenant Robert Maynard. The sailor swipe his neck twice with his sword and severed his head.
Who were the edelweiss pirates?
The Edelweiss Pirates were the renegade youth during the Nazi Regime in Germany thru the 1930's and 40's which consisted of a thousands of working class people from manily the western regein. The fought against the( HJ )Hitler's Youth, (SS)Secret Police, and the Nazi party. Even though they were not into political parties they wanted freedom from the Nazi's rule.
At the peek of the war over 100,000 teens were members of the Edelweiss Pirates.
Source; Edelweiss Pirates Operation Einstein.
Why pirates uses skull in their sign?
On pirate flags every symbol has a different meaning. Skulls or skeletons were commonly used and represented death. Hour glasses were also fairly common and meant your "time was short." Not all pirates used skulls however. The english pirate Thomas Thew flew a flag with an arm holding a sword, rumoured to mean "we are ready to kill you."
What is the punishment for online piracy?
All states have different laws governing the crimes and punishments for the state. Some laws are federal offenses. File sharing punishments according to law is determined by a judge if a person is charged with a crime.
How you think the 5 main freedoms of the 1st amendment affect your everyday life?
The five basic freedoms of the first amendment protect the basic rights of US citizens.
Freedom of speech- Americans have the right to express their own ideas and views and to hear the ideas and views of others.
Freedom of religion- Government cannot support or interfere with a persons practice of a religion.
Freedom of assembly- Americans have the right to discuss issues or conduct business.
Freedom of press- Having the right to publish your own story, idea, etc.
Freedom of petition- The right to make a request to the government about grievances.
