Giovanni Scaramelli, Venetian ambassador to London, 1603 Scaramelli, in his dour dispatch to his boss the Doge of Venice, was grumbling about English pirates, the scourge of the high seas during the ...
While pirates are often thought of as male, numerous women are still remembered as some of the greatest pirates of their time ...
visitors will also learn about the real lives of pirates, including what is considered the ‘golden age’ of Pirates between the 1680s to the 1720s. A section of the exhibition named ‘Global ...
Pirates, Greenwich Maritime Museum’s newest exhibition, will open later this year on March 29 and will explore the long history of pirates and how they still influence us today. Greenwich Maritime ...
The answer lies partly in location and partly in storytelling. Much of the popular image of pirates comes from the ‘Golden Age of Piracy' narrative, which is heavily focused on the Caribbean and ...