PIRATES

Written And Pictures Collected ByBaron & Eli

Ships!Pirate ships are fast and small. Pirates stole other ships. Small ships were for creeks and rivers. Life is tough on board. The ships were uncomfortable. Pirates drank a lot of rum.

Vikings used axes. The Greeks used a sword called a kopis. Buccaneers used pistols and daggers.

WEAPONS

Cannon Fire

In the 1500’s pirates started to use cannons. They shot their enemies. Their gun powder was very dangerous. They had lots of accidents.

Treasure

Pirates buried treasure everywhere. They lost gold through gambling. They stole gold from their enemies.

The Galley

In 1696 it was abandoned on Madagascar because it leaked badly. A Galley is a compartment in a ship.

BlackBeard

Blackbeard was the most famous pirate he attacked ships and ports. He was a huge man in America. Everybody on a ship was afraid of him

Henry Morgan

Henry Morgan was the greatest buccaneer. He raided Spanish town in the 1660's. He became rich in 1674.

Pirate HistoryPirates rob ships and murder people. They were called Vikings 1,000 years ago. The most famous pirates lived in the 1,600s and 1,700s. 2,700 years ago Greek pirates attacked ships in the Mediterranean sea.

BuccaneersBuccaneers were pirates that lived on the Caribbean Island of Hispaniola. In the1600s Buccaneers attacked the Spanish ships loaded with treasure. They sailed from South America back to Spain.In time buccaneers took over Caribbean Island and they sailed all over the world.

Pirateers

Francois Le Clerc was famous in the 1500s. Pirateers were backup in a war. Some Pirateers had wooden legs.

Corsairs

Corsairs are pirates that lived in the 1500s.They were from North Africa. They plundered the Mediterranean Sea. They had slaves to row their ships.

Pirates Today

Pirate attacks are common now. They attack Indian ship in the Arabian sea. They rob luxury yachts in the Caribbean and Mediterranean seas. In 1998 a supertanker was captured by Chinese pirates and was not found for two weeks.